Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

The husband of a New Jersey woman who was killed by a rampaging hippopotamus during the couple’s trip in the African country ...

African Elephant with its calf. Image by fouroaks via Depositphotos. When thinking about the African elephant, many people envision a gentle giant roaming the expansive savannas of Africa. However, ...

Dubbed the Elephant’s Foot, this solidified mass of molten material lies in the basement beneath Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in Europe.

While elephants are known for their impressive size, there was one elephant that stood out among the rest – the “Giant of Angola,” the largest elephant ever recorded. African elephants are the largest ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...

However, the court ruled that "no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated [elephants] may be," habeas corpus only applies to people. Bulwagi, a 20-year-old African ...

GPS collars placed on African elephants have helped reduce poaching by alerting authorities whenever these creatures roam ...