The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rescues orphaned elephants, raising them by hand in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park and rehabilitating them into the wild. Here’s why they do it.

At a lodge beneath the shadows of Mount Kenya, the presidents of Kenya, Botswana, Gabon and Uganda, as well as conservationists, business people, tourism operators and global philanthropists, met ...

Daphne Sheldrick, who created an elephant orphanage in Kenya, dies at 83 April 15, 2018 More than 7 years ago Daphne Sheldrick watches as some of her elephant wards frolic in the mud.

Researchers may have discovered a previously unknown species of the giant elephant shrew -- a small mammal with a nose like a trunk -- in a remote Kenyan forest. Skip to main content.