Supreme Court of India defends use of elephants in festivals as cultural tradition amidst foreign funding allegations.

Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up to 13 feet tall. Their Asian relatives, Elephas maximus, rank next on ...

Create a giant, foaming reaction that will astound kids with this Elephant Toothpaste Science Experiment. This simple science experiment is a another erupting science that thrills kids of all ages.

By Shawn McCreesh Reporting from Washington About 12 minutes into the first meeting of his new cabinet, President Trump addressed the elephant in the room. This was rather easy for him to do ...

A new AI system could help prevent elephant poaching in Malaysia, according to researchers at Cardiff University. PoachNet is a new machine-learning tool designed by integrating deep learning ...

The main attraction of the Pooram celebrations at Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, earlier this month was the elephant Kombara Kannan. Pooram is a temple festival and among its ...

“We’ve been giving Rose and her baby plenty of room to bond so it took a while before we were 100% sure she’d had a girl,” said Steve Lefave, who oversees the zoo’s elephant ...

The Oregon Zoo’s newest baby elephant arrived over the weekend. At 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf that appeared to be a healthy girl, weighing in the vicinity of 200 pounds.

Perth Zoo's last remaining female elephant, Permai, is on the road to her forever home at South Australia's Monarto Safari Park. On Monday morning she was loaded into her custom-built crate ...

The procession comprises cultural performances, including dancing troops, and caparisoned elephants, similar to that of the annual Esala Perahara. However, unlike the Kandy Esala Perahara, the ‘Dalada ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, gracing the event, ceremoniously commenced the procession after placing the Sacred Relics Casket on the caparisoned elephant. The procession was organized the guidance of ...