‘White Elephant’: An Exchange of Gifts or Comical Burdens The name for a present-swapping holiday party comes from a myth about the King of Siam By Ben Zimmer Follow ...

Plai Ekachai has been treated with reverence after being identified as the first auspicious white elephant to be discovered under the reign of King Rama X of Thailand. The elephant is to be ...

A large portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn dominates one end of the open-air enclosure where an elephant known as Plai Ekachai starts his day at a conservation center in the country's ...

African forest elephants have become so rare in this Senegalese national park that they are simply called “ghosts.” But one beloved elephant took rangers by surprise.

White Elephant, like spin-the-bottle or perhaps all circle games, depends entirely on the crowd involved. You should only play along if you really like these people.

Check out these white elephant gift ideas for under $25, including an essential oil diffuser, a mini wafflemaker, and healing crystals.

Many believe the death and burial of a circus elephant named Little Jennie in Oakland County to be a myth. Others actually recall the event vividly.

Though there has been no monarchy since 1885, the country’s nominally civilian rulers are collecting what they call rare white elephants, to show ‘proof’ of the government’s kingly rule ...

Seattle’s Ijeoma Oluo, author of “So You Want to Talk About Race,” returns with “Mediocre,” in which she addresses the dangerous myth of white male supremacy in the United States. The ...

They are regarded as a symbol of kingship and treated as deities, mainly due to the mythical white elephant Airavata, or Erawan as Thais call him, who is the vehicle of Indra, king of the Hindu gods.

A large portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn dominates one end of the open-air enclosure where an elephant known as Plai Ekachai starts his day at a conservation center in the country's ...