Wild African elephants living in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya appear to seek out specific plants when unwell. Local ...

African elephants in the Mount Elgon area of Kenya can purposefully select certain plants when unwell. The researchers ...

African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.

Learn how African elephants treat their ailments with plants and other natural materials, showing the significance of self-medication in the animal kingdom.

Wild African savannah elephants appear to do something remarkable during their frequent squabbles: they talk each other down ...

CU Boulder PhD student Liam Jasperse-Sjolander is helping elephant behavioral observation get off the ground—and into the air above Africa Walking through the quiet, lush rainforests of Gabon, on ...

After decades in tourist camps and circuses, African elephants that were returned to the wild are behaving, in many respects, like elephants that were never captive. A new study offers cautious ...

If drought in an area persists longer, elephants move closer to areas near human settlements. This is the finding of research by biologist Irene Bouwman of Radboud University. During short-term ...