Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s 1-year-old Asian elephant who has stolen the hearts of many, now weighs over 1,300 pounds—more than ...

Coffee farms take a heavy toll on wildlife and the climate, as seen recently with deforestation in Vietnam. But the food you eat is causing even more damage.

Elephants are known to be very intelligent creatures, powerful enough to perform tasks that are seemingly impossible for any other creature on the planet. Also, they have impressive memories. Yet a ...

Forty minutes north, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Leucadia and Oceanside are quietly out-charming the city. Here’s what’s new for a ...

According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go ...

The beautiful Rockfig Lodge is one of the newest luxury safari lodges in South Africa’s malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve.

Elephants investigate and revisit the remains of their dead for years — a biologist explains the real science behind this ...

The three elephants at Roger Williams Park Zoo will be moved to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee in late 2027.

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, ...

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 ...