Life expectancy for elephants in zoos is shorter than those in the wild. Dec. 12, 2008— -- Zoos are "consuming" elephants, says a team of researchers and conservationists who have, for the first ...

The regulator of global wildlife trade will likely ban sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after countries supported the move Sunday, in what conservationists hailed as a ...

Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All... Wild elephants may have names that other elephants ...

PHILADELPHIA -- In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GENEVA (AP) — Countries that are part of an ...

An African elephant is seen calmly exploring its natural surroundings. A quiet wildlife moment showing detail, scale, and ...

Over the weekend we learned the cause of death for Chai, the 37-year-old elephant moved from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year. A necropsy reveals she died of a bacterial ...

Quick Take When Acupuncture Meets Elephant Medicine Acupuncture is no longer confined to human clinics. In recent years, it ...

African elephants may give each other unique names that are used by family members to have one-on-one conversations in the wild, according to new research which analysed the mammal’s vocalisations ...