Archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least five woolly mammoths at a site in Austria. The remains suggest that ...

A 3,400-year-old mechanical dog from ancient Egypt moves, barks, and showcases astonishing ancient engineering.

Elephants, rejoice: China is making a major effort to kick its nasty ivory habit. On Friday, the Chinese government is slated to shutter more than two dozen factories that carve ivory. Authorities ...

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of ...

The mother of a three-year-old boy who has been reunited with his toy elephant which had been sitting in the window of a butcher's shop has trumpeted the power of community for its swift return.

Military analysts have dubbed the present, which coincided with Russia's completing delivery of six fighter jets to Myanmar, as part of "elephant diplomacy" between two governments viewed dimly in ...

Genetically engineered woolly mice could one day help populate the Arctic with hairy, genetically modified elephants and help stop the planet warming. Those are the startling claims being made by ...

Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth and associated landscape modification across Africa over the past 60 years.