The field manager of the tour company involved in the incident said the elephant responded to tourists getting too close to take pictures Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Wild Wonders Impressive Kruger Tusker Elephant Bull: A Giant Of Africa Posted: March 26, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 "Rob the Ranger captures raw wildlife encounters, featuring Africa’s ...

Not even an alpha male would risk challenging a bull elephant with a heightened level ... And in two instances in South Africa, when older bulls had been reintroduced to a territory, younger ...

Botswana's elephant population has doubled in recent decades, creating chaos for many who live alongside them.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At the Barcelona Zoo, a 40-year-old African elephant places her foot through the metal barrier where a zookeeper gently scrubs its sole — the beloved pachyderm gets her ...

Few others in Africa rode elephants. At Abu Camp (“Meet your inner elephant”) all they rode ... a consequence of the bull elephants in musth—a condition of high-testosterone aggression.

Arterra/Marica van der Meer/Universal Images Group via Getty A Spanish tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant at a national park in South Africa, local authorities have shared.

The African elephant is the largest land mammal, growing up to 13ft (4m) at shoulder height and weighing around 6350kg (14000lbs). Living up to 70 years elephants are famous for their wisdom and ...

On top of this, loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, and political instability provide significant long-term challenges to their survival. Importantly, despite compelling genetic research ...