Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved "super tusker" elephant named Craig. He lived in Amboseli National Park and ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

Kenya is mourning the death of Craig, one of its most famous elephants, known for his massive ground-sweeping tusks. He died ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Topeka Zoo is saying goodbye to one of its Asian elephants. The zoo has announced that it had to humanely euthanize its 67-year-old elephant Cora. Cora had led a storied life ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The Buttonwood Park Zoo community is mourning the loss of Ruth, a beloved 66-year-old Asian elephant, who passed away peacefully on Friday. "We lost our matriarch," said ...

We all know that many animals grieve the loss of family and friends. Here's a wonderful acknowledgment of broken-hearted elephants mourning the loss of their human friend, Lawrence Anthony, author of ...

It's true elephants don't forget. When 34-year-old Asian elephant and former Northwest pachyderm Tina died last week, her mates appeared to remember her with an unusual display of elephant mourning ...

Elephants have long been regarded as one of the most intelligent animals on planet Earth, but Dr. Paula Kahumbu said intelligence is just scratching the surface of the multitudes elephants contain.