As people continue to encroach on the elephants’ habitats in Sri Lanka, photographer Federico Borella captured the complex conflict that’s causing casualties on both sides.

The little jumbo believed it could hide behind the narrow pole as it saw humans approaching, despite being significantly ...

They use all their senses — hearing, sight, touch, and smell — to interact within their own herds, with other elephant groups, and even with other species, including humans ... pay attention to an ...

SEOUL, South Korea - An elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary. An international team of scientists confirmed Friday what the ...

This not only dwarfs the amount of neurons controlling Asian elephant ears, it is nearly 3,000 more neurons than are needed to operate the entire human face.

Caladium houseplants, or elephant ear plants as they are sometimes called, are grown for their large, paper-thin, heart-shaped colorful leaves that are often more spectacular than many flowers.

Elephant rumbles can be difficult for the human ear to differentiate, so the researchers used machine learning analysis: Essentially, they relied on A.I. to break down different elephant calls.

At the northern tip of Sumatra, villagers deal with herds of elephants entering their villages and eating their crops. Incidents of human-wildlife conflict have intensified as more of the ...