Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

Felix has lived in Baltimore for 19 years, but zoo officials say joining a female herd will provide the 43-year-old elephant ...

The Maryland Zoo says it’s transitioning to an all-male herd of African elephants to create what’s known as a “bachelor herd.

This video shows an African elephant in Kenya moving through a wide open grassland with distant mountains stretching across ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study. Researchers have ...

Populations of forest elephants in the epicentre of the ivory poaching crisis have declined by 62 percent in the past decade, according to a report released today by conservationists. The study, which ...

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

Don’t call them Dumbo. African elephants can not only communicate among themselves but actually call each other by unique names while roaming around the savanna, a newly published academic study has ...

From holding a grudge to recognising individual names, an elephant advocate reflects on the remarkable intelligence and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. African elephants use "names" to communicate with each other in the ...