"Elephants may run at the threat in a demonstration or real charge. Most charges are mock charges which are broken off before the target is reached," South African National Parks said. "However ...

Most of what we know about elephants’ use of sounds to communicate comes from studies of African elephants (genus Loxodonta). We don’t know much about Asian elephants (genus Elephas), the ...

The African Elephant is the largest land animal on Earth with adult males attaining heights of 11.5 feet (3.5 m) and weighing more than 13,000 pounds (5,000 kg). Their tusks can grow to 8 feet (2. ...

A tourist was trampled to death by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park, the South African national parks agency (SANParks) has confirmed. “Today a tragic ...

The court rejected a case to send five African elephants to a sanctuary, saying they have no legal right to demand release under habeas corpus Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent LouLou, an elephant ...

Responding to a petition from an animal rights group, the Colorado Supreme Court decided that although these female African elephants are “majestic,” the “interests protected by the great wr ...

LONDON -- An elephant trampled a tourist on safari to ... in the loss of life,” according to a statement from South African National Parks released on Saturday. MORE: Over 100 juveniles attend ...

Source: Getty / Anup Shah Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the United States' highest court said the animals have no legal right to demand their release ...

A tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant while trying to save his ... resulted in loss of life,” the statement read. “South African National Parks (SANParks) officials are at ...

but according to the South African news outlet IOL, the victim protected his grandchildren when they got out of the vehicle. Per the report, the elephant was in the bushes in the vicinity.