In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question still lingers—was it worth it?

Our Cool School of the Week is the Jean Massieu School for the Deaf, which serves Deaf and hard-of-hearing students across ...

Which means baby elephants are born ready to move. No lying around for weeks. You’re born, you stand up, you walk. The herd’s already moving. Catch up or risk being left behind. N’Dala and her very, ...

Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk. Police found the ...

It was arguably the best feel-good moment for Team USA so far in Italy as the bobsledder has an amazing story to tell. She's balanced motherhood and world-class athletics to become a six-time Olympic ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Trace the shape of a heart over your chest using the tips of your middle fingers. This is the sign for “valentine” in ...

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — An endangered Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian Zoo received its name. After many fans voted for the elephant calf’s name and raised $58,892.70 in support of its ...

Rivaldo’s life spanned a particular era in the Nilgiris – the tightening of corridors, the rise of gated communities, the legal battles over whether a wild animal who had tasted human food could ever ...

Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and breathe. If you take a ...

Trump’s policies on tariffs, foreign aid and immigration have outsized impact as African Union leaders seek ‘balance’.

THE elephant in the room in the national conversation why we are so wretched as a nation is the huge, even dominant role of our ruling class in creating a woeful society. After all, Juan de la Cruz, ...