Forest: rainforests of west and central Africa. Elephants can communicate using vocalisations, body language, scents and touch. Over long distances, elephants can use their ‘rumbles’, which are ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the state’s highest court said the animals have no ...

On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five wild-born zoo elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have a right to liberty.

West Palm Beach showed off the still-shuttered Sunset Lounge during a December tour by members of the African American Mayors ...

Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

A beloved African elephant who spent decades at the Oakland Zoo has died. The Oakland Zoo announced Friday that Donna the African elephant died suddenly at the elephant sanctuary in Tennessee.

There are two extant species of elephants: the African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant. The African elephant is the largest land mammal on Earth; the Asian elephant is slightly smaller. Both ...

The lives of the "Golden Girls" elephants in Colorado Springs has attracted the ire of In Defense of Animals, an activist group, but zoo officials stand by the facility.

FILE - A US court has ruled that while African elephants might be 'cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated' they are not people and not covered by the principle of habeas corpus. [File ...

The reason is that the mother has to produce enough milk to feed both elephants. If she can’t, the dominant twin will not let the other twin access the milk. “Against the odds, rare African elephant ...