Sri Lanka, famed for its biodiversity and cultural heritage, faces an unprecedented challenge: safeguarding its most iconic ...

A new study published in Royal Society Open Science has revealed that elephants use intentional gestures to communicate, a ...

BHUBANESWAR: Music has always had a way to people’s hearts, be it for conveying a message or bringing them together.

This story about humans and elephants was told to me by my late mother, Beta Leelawathie, in 1980. It is not a folktale.  This story really took place nearly seven decades ago, when the phrase ...

A WILD elephant fell into a well, but villagers nearby were seemingly unsympathetic to the animal's plight, Makkal Osai ...

Elephant-human conflict in Africa occurs when the beasts find their migratory routes blocked by new developments, or they just plain raid the crops which are laid out like an elephants’ feast.

Milwaukee Zoo staff used a front-end loader to help 43-year-old elephant Ruth stand after she fell and couldn't get up.

Scientists have discovered what they believe to be an 1.8-million-year-old jawbone from an early species of human.

As the coronavirus has heightened public awareness about disease transmission between animals and humans, some experts are warning about the risks of tuberculosis in captive U.S. elephants.

Happy the elephant will get her day in court, and potentially open the door for other animals to follow, with the help of high-profile advocates who contend ...

The subject of the most important animal-rights case of the 21st century was born in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Very soon after that, a tousle-haired baby, she became trapped in human ...