There are many instances on social media showing people being chased by wild elephants. In one viral video, two men run down a road with an elephant in close pursuit. The men are running as fast as ...

What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...

Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...

Before, elephants thought drones sounded like bees and got scared. Now, research from Save the Elephants and the University of Oxford has shown the amimals have got used to the sounds.

While live bees can be used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from farms, a new technology fills in for cases where a buzz without the sting is preferable. By Rachel Nuwer It’s a familiar, dreaded ...

South Africa has an overpopulation of the African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) within its large, fenced conservation areas. This leads to unnatural population control, including the use of ...

Is there anything quite so enticing as a mud puddle? For most kids, that’s true. Turns out, it’s also true for elephants! In a now-viral Instagram video, two young elephant sisters at the Save ...