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500 Elephants Moved in Massive Relocation To A Safer Home
A man-made migration, the largest elephant relocation ever attempted anywhere in Africa, is moving 500 animals from a cramped park in Malawi.
The move, to a...
Farmer is Sweet on Bee Hives As Perfect Fence to Keep Elephants Safely Away
Biologists in Kenya have discovered a deliciously ingenious method of balancing the needs of farmers, bees, and marauding wildlife all at once.
African elephants are...
Ringling Bros. Parades Elephants for Final Time, Retires Them 2 Years Early
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s has featured circus elephants in their show for the last time, officially retiring the animals last night and...
A-List Celebrities Travel To Support Heroes of Sumatran Elephants (LOOK)
If you think Hollywood actors cannot be counted on to care about anyone who walks outside the red carpet, take a look at these...
Dame Saves Orphaned Elephants for 50 Years With Own Milk Recipe
Nobody gives hugs like grandma — especially when the hugs are bringing life to orphan elephants that would otherwise die without their mama in...
Herd of Elephants Work Together to Protect Calf in River
In Thailand, a herd of elephants get innovative to protect a calf from strong currents in the river.
This YouTube video shows animals in the...
How Invasive Plants at LAX Feed Giraffes and Elephants at L.A. Zoo
The bad news: Exotic acacia trees pose a pesky problem for native coastal dunes at Los Angeles International Airport. The good news: Giraffes like...
Elephants Give Helping Hugs to Others in Need: Study
Elephants are known to be highly social and intelligent. Now there is evidence that they engage in something like a group hug when another...
$80M Partnership Announced to Save Africa’s Elephants
Conservation groups announced yesterday a three-year $80 million Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action that will bring together NGOs and governments to stop the...
Orphaned Elephants Find New Family
A woman is saving the orphan calves of African elephants illegally hunted to satisfy the ivory trade in Asia. The 900-pound toddlers crave a...
New Hope for Elephants Under Threat in Central Africa
A groundbreaking regional plan was signed yesterday by Central African countries to strengthen law enforcement and better combat poaching of elephants and other species....
Elephants Raise Funds for Haiti and Thailand Red Cross
Mingling good-naturedly among camera-toting tourists in Bangkok, three elephants carried around white baskets painted with red crosses soliciting donations for Haiti earthquake victims. The...
A Sanctuary for Elephants in Need (Video)
The Performing Animal Welfare Society (or PAWS) in San Andreas, California, shows off the group's Elephant Sanctuary, which provides rescued and abandoned performing...
Shot in the Arm for Sumatran Elephants and Tigers
Encroachment by palm oil plantations into elephant habitat have greatly increased conflicts between humans and elephants. Now the Indonesian government is to double the...
Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again – in Borneo
The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant...
Wild Elephants on Increase in Kenya
Kenya's population of elephants is increasing thanks to successful protection measures and a ban on ivory trade, wildlife officials said. (Associated Press via PR...
Room to Move, a Sanctuary for Retired, Rescued Zoo Elephants
Elephants are majestic creatures who are highly intelligent, complex, social, sensitive and even humorous. They form intricate family structures and grieve for their dead....
Valuable Borneo Forests Set Aside to Sustain Endangered Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos
The government of the Malaysian state of Sabah announced Friday it will protect its most important remaining lowland forests on the island of Borneo....
Good News in History, March 11
173 years ago today, Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto premiered in Venice. This cornerstone of opera seasons present and past tells the story of a court jester who...
Pony-Sized Dinosaurs Swam or Floated Across Hundreds of Miles of Ocean from America to Colonize Africa
Describing a "once-in-a-million year event," an international team of paleontologists has suggested that, though nearly impossible, a herd of pony-sized duck-billed dinosaurs must have...