When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle ...

An African forest elephant at Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima is the first of these endangered creatures to become pregnant ...

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

There are several distinct traits that make mammals different from other animals, with the most significant ones being that ...

On the fringes of an African game park, an ambitious project brings together tourists, local communities and white rhinos, emerging from the brink of extinction.

A courageous grandfather was killed while trying to protect his grandchildren from a wild animal attack, South African National ... when he was attacked by an elephant. “ Today a tragic accident ...

Coimbatore: Two male elephants which strayed out of the reserve forest to raid crops in Viraliyur village on Sunday night, were safely driven back into the forest on Monday morning. Forest ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...