Installation view of The Secret World of Elephants at the American Museum of Natural History showing how elephants' ears cool them. (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Until I ...

Elephants are fascinating animals, and their trunks are even more impressive once you realize everything they can do. This long, flexible combination of nose and upper lip has over 40,000 muscles ...

The award-winning documentary film “A Life Among Elephants,” which chronicles the journey of Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the world’s foremost elephant scientist, will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 5, ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger films an extraordinary encounter between elephants interacting naturally in the bush.

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Tolstoy used to be a formidable elephant: Massive in size, revered by the young bulls, and with tusks so long they touched the ground. When he was alive, Tolstoy had been more than just some random ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baby elephants are great at making playtime fun. They’re a lot like human toddlers—they love to get dirty, splash in puddles, and ...