Danielle Dufault of Animalogic took a look at the sengi, a tiny big-nosed mammal that is a long-lost relative of the elephant ...

The last scientific record of the "lost species" of elephant shrew was in the 1970s, despite local sightings. The creature was found alive and well in Djibouti, a country in the Horn of Africa ...

This little guy is Snuffleupagus. Photo: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Zoo The elephant shrews can only be bred at a few zoos worldwide and are best known for their long, narrow snouts. What are ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

Chaimu the elephant returned to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Ithumba Reintegration Centre to share the special moment with her former caretakers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

The Oakland Zoo threw a goodbye party for Osh the elephant on Saturday afternoon. Osh, 30, is the zoo’s last remaining elephant but will soon be sent to Tennessee’s Elephant Sanctuary ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Pet insurance can help alleviate the financial and emotional distress in an emergency situation. Casey David experienced this when ...

A three-year-old pet cat squared up to a four-tonne elephant and sent him fleeing. Photo:ViralPress/ SWNS. Incredible pictures have emerged of the moment a four-tonne elephant is chased away by a ...

Elephants normally wash themselves by using their handy trunks to dip into water and then squirt it on themselves. But not ...

Amy Danise is the managing editor for the insurance section at Forbes Advisor, which encompasses auto, home, renters, life, pet, travel, health and small business insurance. She is a highly ...

Pets bring a lot of joy to our lives but their care can be quite expensive: An emergency visit to the vet can range from between $374 and $965 for cats and a whopping $534 to $1,285 for dogs ...