In parts of Southern Africa, elephants engage in “hedging” by breaking off the branches of hardwood mopane trees, snapping their trunks in two or pushing them over. Consequently, large areas of mopane ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their intentions and wants. By Veronique Greenwood If you give an elephant an apple, she’s ...

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, ...