Feb. 28 -- For young male elephants, youth is so sweet you can actually smell it. Researchers have learned that male Asian elephants that have just begun puberty signal their innocence through ...

Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, but also adapt their behavior to suit the social context, according to a study published December 4, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...

A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low shrubbery, ...

WASHINGTON — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant this calendar year, a historic milestone it's calling a ...

Old male elephants might have an important role to play in helping younger males learn to navigate their environment, according to scientists at the University of Exeter. Elephant societies are ...

Old male elephants play a key role in leading all-male groups, new research suggests. Old male elephants play a key role in leading all-male groups, new research suggests. Trophy hunters justify ...

A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it's time ...

FORT WORTH - Zoo officials have decided a little competition may inspire a male Asian elephant to get into the mating mood. Fort Worth Zoo's lone Asian bull elephant, Groucho, hasn't sired a calf for ...

New research challenges the assumption that bulls become redundant in elephant society after breeding. By Rachel Nuwer For years, scientists assumed that when it came to elephants on the African ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — A line of elephants ...