To mark 20 years of the BBC TV series Planet Earth, we look at some of the filming firsts it captured – including a ‘zombie’ fungus ...

Humans appear to be the only species clearly proven to shed tears specifically because of emotions. Elephants, primates, and dogs show behaviors and biological responses that come closest to human ...

Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his ...

The catastrophic molt is a painful and arduous process, keeping elephant seals vulnerable for weeks at a time.

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

In a novel move, feces from a baby elephant in Ohio were shipped to the zoo and mixed with Linh Mai’s formula.

Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...

An elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-4.0 Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and ...

"The largest elephant ever. It doesn't matter if they are a dream or reality." National Geographic's latest documentary film, "Ghost Elephants," follows Nat Geo explorer Steve Boyes to locate the ...

Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...