In February 2020, behavioral ecologist Mickey Pardo watched a female African elephant named Matisse call to her newborn in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. She used deep, repeated rumbles, a sound he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

African elephants’ have been found to be canny users of plants favored in traditional medicine, many of which have been ...

Choruses of African elephant rumbles appear to become more similar in certain situations, including reuniting or coordinating what to do next. Now, new research published in Scientific Reports ...

An adorable baby elephant at a Texas zoo was overjoyed to play in the water on a hot day in September. Footage taken by a ...

People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...

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

Raging hormones can make teenagers do some crazy things. In a group of elephants without a father figure it led to a killing ...

Across the African continent, elephant populations have largely declined over the past several decades, but some areas show hopeful signs of recovery, according to a new study. Researchers have ...

By David Akana Africa’s monitored wildlife populations have declined an average of 80% since 1970, according to a new global ...

A Kenya study suggests wild African elephants may seek medicinal plants for illness and may mix plant remedies into milk for ...

Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest ...