These majestic animals are smarter than you think. For Save the Elephant Day on April 16, learn why they're so important to their environment—and planet Earth itself. As the largest land mammal, ...

Installation view of The Secret World of Elephants at the American Museum of Natural History showing how elephants' ears cool them. (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Until I ...

Elephants are fascinating animals, and their trunks are even more impressive once you realize everything they can do. This long, flexible combination of nose and upper lip has over 40,000 muscles ...

The new “Dumbo” live-action movie that opens March 29 is one of the most anticipated films of the spring and everybody’s talking about it. So here are some cool things to know about real elephants, as ...

An amazing female elephant known as F_MU1 lived for more than 60 years in Kenya, avoiding poachers and growing tusks that literally scraped the ground in front of her as she walked. “When I first saw ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

For years, elephants have been described as having amazing memories and that they never forget. However, the more interesting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baby elephants are great at making playtime fun. They’re a lot like human toddlers—they love to get dirty, splash in puddles, and ...