Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It has never occurred to me before that elephant ears — those ridiculously huge, comically floppy things — ...

BELA-BELA, South Africa (AP) — Tuesday is World Elephant Day. Here are five things to know about the largest land animals on our planet. Tell them apart by their ears There are three species of ...

These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also remarkable in mind. African elephants are highly intelligent, emotional, and social animals. They live in close family groups, care deeply ...

There are three species of elephants: the African savanna or bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. The African savanna elephant and the Asian elephant are listed as ...

LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi -- Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by ...

Scientists say there are thousands more African forest elephants than previously thought - all thanks to the animals' poo! African forest elephants are critically endangered and it's difficult for ...