Animal rights activists are hoping New York’s highest court can finally grant freedom to Happy, the female Asian elephant who has been held in captivity in the Bronx Zoo most of her life. The pursuit ...

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order issued earlier this month that would allow the return of 14 illegally captured wild elephants to ...

People and elephants are increasingly competing for the same land in Sri Lanka, leading to a rising number of deaths among both populations. Farmers are increasingly "encroaching" on elephant habitats ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite a ban on international trade in ivory, elephants around the world are still being poached in large numbers. However, organizations like The Elephant Project, has helped ...

At this point in history, the hubristic belief that people are above nature has allowed humans to bring immeasurable change to the natural systems that all of life depends upon for survival. The ...

TORONTO – Sangita Iyer is an Indian Canadian broadcast journalist, writer, biologist who has made waves as a documentary filmmaker after her visit to Kerala in 2013 when she noticed the brutalities ...

A groundbreaking mRNA vaccine developed to fight a deadly virus affecting young elephants is showing promising results at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Two young male elephants, Sanjay and ...

Tensions are growing today in discussions at Los Angeles City Hall between Councilmember Bob Blumenfield and the Los Angeles Zoo’s general manager about the fate of two Asian elephants. Blumenfield ...

All of us know and love Jumbo, but there are quite a few other elephants that have made their mark on history. For example, Pope Leo X had a white pet elephant, Hanno, a gift from King Manuel I of ...