"Different elephants have different kinds of culture, as well as personalities." This is an Inside Science story. Cooperation lies at the beating heart of most societies. For Asian elephants in a ...

There are three types of elephants: the African forest elephant, the Asian elephant, and the African savanna (or bush) elephant. Elephants in the African savanna are larger than those in the African ...

Researchers used AI to determine that wild African elephants likely have names for each other, suggesting a capacity for abstract thought.

Scientists have recently shed some light on exactly why elephants, one of the biggest animals on the planet, paradoxically experience unusually low rates of cancer. The research found these remarkable ...

While the various chapters of the book look at the lives of the different types of elephants in Africa and call attention to the widely different environments in which they live across the continent, ...

The wild elephant nicknamed ‘Rolex’ that was captured by the Forest Department from Boluvampatti valley in Coimbatore district on October 17 weighed over six tonnes, which was unusual for an Asian ...

Elephants experience all of the same emotions as we human beings, and they’re not bashful about expressing these feelings. Over the course of just a few hours, elephants will clearly demonstrate ...