German customs officials in Baden-Wuerttemberg have seized a giant elephant foot sent from the UK that had been converted into a tasteless, velvet-covered container before being posted to a customer…
A third elephant has lost its life to the herpes virus within a month at Zoo Zurich. Five-year-old elephant cow Ruwani is the latest animal to die in the zoo’s…
A second elephant has died of a lethal strain of herpes just days after her younger brother was killed by the virus in a Swiss zoo. Omysha died on 10th…
This is the adorable moment two elephant calves try out their tusker skills to confront a tourist safari at a South African game reserve. Delighted holidaymakers at the Kapama Private…
A two-year-old elephant has died despite keepers' best efforts after it contracted a herpes virus at Zurich zoo in Switzerland. Umesh, a young male, died on the evening of Tuesday,…
A pair of former zoo elephants have packed ther trunks to move to a lush animal sanctuary after spending their lives in captivity. The tuskers - from Mendoza Zoo in…
Cops in Spain have seized four endangered African elephant legs that were turned into stools and put up for sale on the Internet. The suspects are two unnamed Spanish nationals…
An elderly elephant in Italy who spent her life being forced to perform in circuses even when terminally ill has died aged 63. The female Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus),…
A new study has found that an elephant-sized sloth that roamed South America 1.8 million years ago was not a vegetarian like its tree-dwelling descendants. The American Museum of Natural…
Young female elephants benefit from growing up with siblings, especially older sisters, leading to them living longer lives and having calves earlier. Researchers from the UK, Myanmar and Finland studied…