Born Free said elephants are completely unsuited to being kept in zoos and the breeding serves no meaningful conservation ...

Physically, Asian elephant is very distinct from the African Elephant. Three perceptible features distinguish the two elephants: (1) African elephants have larger ears. (2) the head of the African ...

Elephants have long captured human imagination in art and culture, and scientists have long sought to understand them. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) study African ...

Elephants are a good system for studying socio-ecological predictions,” says ecologist and educator T.N.C. Vidya at a recent ...

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana). Historically, forest elephants thrived in the dense ...

Born Free is saddened to hear of the tragic loss of two baby elephants at Blackpool Zoo which adds to recent elephant deaths ...

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube Elephants are incredibly intelligent animals that experience a remarkable ...

"The loss of large mammals is a significant ecological issue for Africa and the planet," said conservation ecologist and ...

The elephant Shanti, 34, gave birth to a 314-pound female baby named Kirby at 3 p.m., according to the Houston Zoo. Zoo ...

A huge drop in the population of African elephants in a half century, as revealed by researchers recently, should worry not ...