The captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) also exhibited “highly lateralized” behaviors when handling the hoses, meaning they showered one side of their bodies more frequently than the other.

Finally, in collaboration with colleagues in the UK, Denmark, Italy, and elsewhere, we have properly defined, for the first time since Linnaeus named the species in 1758, a type specimen (lectotype) ...

When barriers and fences failed, farmers switched from paddy and maize to tusker-resistant crops such as tea, lemons and even ...

Wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), following their ancient migratory routes, frequently storm farms, devour crops and even ransack granaries. Desperate, villagers, including Rasaili ...

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) once roamed the entire east-west corridor of Nepal’s southern plains, a range of more than 900 kilometers (560 miles). The rich floodplains of the perennial ...

Since the Sri Lankan elephant is special species known as Elephas maximus maximus and is part of the culture and religion of both the Buddhists and Hindus in the island, it is much sought after in ...