A "panic-stricken" elephant killed a Spanish tourist while she was bathing the animal at a sanctuary in southern Thailand, police said on Monday. The 23-year-old woman was hit by the stressed animal's ...

A woman was flung to the side by an annoyed elephant after she teased the behemoth with a banana — and wouldn’t give it up. Footage from the startling incident — which took place in an unidentified ...

The 22-year-old was a law and international relations student at the University of Navarra in Spain Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Elephants may be known for their size and strength, but tourists who ride on their backs can still do great harm, as this photo shared by a wildlife rescue group in Thailand shows. The picture ...

An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet's largest land mammals. Save the Elephants said that the twins, both female, ...

Elephant caregivers play an important role in their society by comforting and teaching babies when mom is occupied. Allomothers, aka "nannies," play an important role in elephant society by comforting ...