One of the most bizarre-looking land mammals is the enormous yet gentle elephant, with its huge ears, long trunk, and those massive feet. Why are their feet shaped like that, anyway? Do elephants have ...

A viral clip showed an elephant resting its leg on a woman’s lap and wrapping its trunk around her while she sang, melting hearts online. A heartwarming video of an elephant gently embracing a woman ...

A Hong Kong expatriate and a veterinarian from Ocean Park have teamed up to save a badly injured three-tonne elephant from a life of misery on the streets of Cambodia. Sombo - known to thousands as ...

When pedicures and aloe-vera treatments couldn't heal Gay the elephant's aching tootsies, she got custom-made shoes! Did you hear the one about the elephant who wears slippers? She got ‘em so she can ...

MILWAUKEE, Wi. (WFLA) — An elephant took a tumble at the Milwaukee County Zoo on Friday resulting in her having to be pushed to her feet with a front loader. A release said that around 11 a.m., an ...

Following the incident, the Deputy Devaswom Commissioner intervened, ordering the replacement of the mahouts involved in the ...

While real life elephants can’t fly, they certainly have enormous ears. The African elephant, for instance, has the largest ...

"Translocations have come to symbolize the mixed feelings I have about our relationship with the natural world," photographer Marcus Westberg said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Keepers of a 40-year-old Asian elephant named Gay noticed an abscess on her right front foot, then another on her left. To help ease her pain, they gave her pedicures, antibiotic foot baths, aloe vera ...

Olga Panagiotopoulou is affiliated to the University of Queensland. She is also a Research Affiliate with the Rory Hensman Conservation and Research Unit (RHCRU), in Limpopo, South Africa. Women ...

The wounded elephant was on the ground, his hunters drawn close for the kill. But the longtime head of the National Rifle Association — touted as a skilled marksman — struggled to finish the job.