Hygiene takes many forms in the animal kingdom, and it’s not always about getting clean.

A bundle of firewood lay abandoned on the path, a silent witness to tragedy. Nearby, a red shawl, once wrapped around Chandra ...

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

Witness the deeply emotional lives of this elephant herd as they remember and rejoice at seeing an old friend again!

Last year, the zoo's elephants accurately predicted that the Chiefs would win the Super Bowl.See more in the video player above. (Video: KGMB, KHNL, CNN via CNN Newsource) — An Asian elephant at ...

On the morning of Jan. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus) after it allegedly attacked an elephant patrol attempting to guide it back into the ...

Fifteen-year-old Luk Chai is the first of nine Asian elephants to be relocated from Melbourne Zoo in the city’s inner-north to Werribee Open Range Zoo, about 40 kilometres away in Melbourne’s ...

The Asian elephant is slightly smaller than its African counterpart ... tall at the shoulder. Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus Maximus) It can weigh up to 5,500 kg (12,000 lb) and stand up to 3 ...

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Oregon Zoo Asian elephant Rose-Tu ... a broad range of efforts to help wild elephants, and its elephant care program ...

but this elephant’s arrival is all the more significant given the threats facing Asian elephants, which inhabit the forests and grasslands of India and Southeast Asia, including Sumatra and Borneo.

Among the birds found here are the Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella ... Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis), Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), sambar (Cervus ...