It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

According to a new study published on Monday, June 10, African elephants refer to one another with "individually specific calls" Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined ...

With African elephants endangered, a UCLA-led study says their decline could ripple from the rainforest to the concert stage—revealing a critical link between the threatened species and pianos and ...

WASHINGTON – African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of elephants' ...

We provide a scientific analysis of a heartbreaking video clip of a young elephant mother carrying her stillborn calf.

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from ...

Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating, majestic wild animals to feed desperately hungry people. In August, Namibia ...

Lois, an African elephant who has called the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium home for more than 40 years, has died.

Lois the elephant was euthanized Tuesday after suffering escalating health issues, according to officials with the Kansas ...

They were called the ivory wars. In the 1980s, at least 700,000 elephants, and possibly as many as 1 million, were slaughtered throughout Africa, killed by hunters and poachers for their ivory tusks, ...

African savanna elephants weigh nearly twice as much as their forest counterparts, yet many have considered them merely different populations of the same species. But new genetic evidence finally puts ...