Like modern elephants, their extinct relatives likely lived in matriarchal groups. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than a ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium named its male baby elephant born in October after taking thousands of suggestions.

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is caring for the young animals at its Nairobi Nursery and plans to return them to the wild once the ...

Fossilized footprints found on a beach in southern Spain betray what may have been a nursery for an extinct species of elephant. The track-rich coastal site, which scientists have dubbed the ...

Chaimu the elephant never forgets a friend. The organization took in Chaimu and helped her build up her strength again at its orphaned elephant nursery in Nairobi. Once Chaimu was more independent, ...

On Wednesday "Nightly News" aired a report from special correspondent Chelsea Clinton featuring naturalist Daphne Sheldrick (above), who has been working for decades to preserve Kenya's wildlife. The ...

More than 100,000 years ago, elephants raised their newborns among the dunes of the ancient Spanish coast. Fossil footprints suggest at least 14 calves, belonging to the extinct straight-tusked ...

Last January we shared an amusing video showing an orphaned elephant calf running for cover after receiving its foster mom’s powerful “hint” that she wanted to be left alone. Well, it seems as though ...

Social media has formed an important part of our lives. Given the trying times the world is facing these days, it keeps everyone in touch and serves as a mode of entertainment. Recently, a video that ...

For years, baby elephants lived off powdered formula — the same used for infant humans — at the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya. But when global supply chains were severely disrupted by ...