What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

When the ground started shaking, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed a protective barrier, ...

Focus: Studying the fossil origins of the Asian elephant, and the status of living subspecies such as the Borneo elephant. Museum researchers are studying the morphology of Borneo elephants, an ...

Elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed an alert circle to protect their young as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the ...

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

A hush falls over the African savanna as a group of elephants stands quietly around the bones of one of their own. Their ...

"Our hypothesis of self-domestication in elephants has exciting potential for future research in other species", concludes Raviv. "It can inform our understanding of the evolution of prosocial ...

"This [study] presents an interesting picture as we try to understand the evolution of intelligence." Only one of the elephants, named Happy, completed the highest level of mirror self-recognition ...

Elephants balance effort and energy efficiency, especially during long journeys. These insights can inform conservation strategies, including habitat protection and migration corridor design, and ...

Elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed an alert circle to protect their young as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the region Monday morning.