The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors ...

With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...

The Elephant Sanctuary, in Hohenwald, celebrated its 30 th anniversary on March 3, marking three decades of adopting former circus and show elephants and allowing them to retire in peaceful wilderness ...

The African bush elephant is one of the heaviest land animals with adult male weighing up to 11 tonnes, and adult females can weigh up to 5.4 tonnes ...

Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world, Jumbo was met by a record-breaking crowd and hauled up Broadway in his crate. More than a century after his death, mystery still swirls around Jumbo.

Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? How did he die? And was he suffering from tuberculosis? Untouched for decades, Jumbo’s bones are locked away for safekeeping. But for the first ...