World Elephant Day takes place on August 12 and the theme for 2025 celebrates the matriarch elephant. A matriarch elephant is ...

1. Does recent research resolve once and for all whether there are two separate species of African elephant? 2. What are the conservation implications if there are two species? We would have to ...

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.

Mysterious elephant species uncovered with 87 prehistoric stone tools A new analysis of this 400,000-year-old skull fills in missing branches on the elephant evolutionary tree. Laura Baisas ...

Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species places the African forest elephant as critically endangered and decreasing in population.

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Zoo on Sunday announced the birth of its eighth Asian elephant, the first bred through artificial insemination as part of a program to support the endangered species.

Rare 'Ghost Elephant' Sighting Comes with Grave Warning About the Species The new footage marks the first time the species has been photographed or filmed in Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park ...

Have you ever wanted to walk alongside elephants? Guests of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park will get the chance to do so starting early next year.

The African elephant is an endangered species and the zoo says it provides a safe and enriching home for them while educating the public about preserving and protecting wildlife.