During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat and raw materials, according to a study published October 8, 2025 in the ...

Elephants are easy to admire from a distance. They’re enormous yet gentle, powerful yet impossibly calm, and they’ve captured ...

In parts of Tanzania, small farms are increasingly coming into contact with African elephants, leading to a hard conflict between wildlife conservation and rural livelihoods. A 2026 study, published ...

Africa is home to about 410,000 savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), most of them living in southern Africa. Over 290,000 elephants (70%) are spread across 103 protected areas which vary in size, ...

SAMBURU, Kenya, Oct 27 (Reuters) - An elephant orphanage in Kenya is testing goat milk as a food for its small herd as a potentially healthier and cheaper form of nutrition than human baby formula - a ...

Volunteers with Friends of the Elephant Seal educate tourists to prevent conflicts, inspire awe and keep the marine mammals safe Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent I hear them long before I see them. As ...

Much smaller elephants—some as small as Shetland ponies—used to live on the island of Sicily after descending from their 15-foot-tall ancestors. As you’ve probably noticed, many of the ancient animal ...

Elephants approaching a waterhole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Rudi van Aarde Africa is home to about 410,000 savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana), most of them living in southern Africa.