This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. IN JANUARY 2012 A HUNDRED RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK CHARGED OUT OF CHAD INTO CAMEROON’S BOUBA NDJIDAH NATIONAL PARK ...

A new study sheds light on the muscular, dexterous appendage, suggesting trunk wrinkles are more important than many people realize Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Elephants' wrinkly trunks ...

For Kuai Zhenghua, a 62-year-old national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Huizhou wood carving, who is based ...

Chaimu the elephant returned to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Ithumba Reintegration Centre to share the special moment with her former caretakers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Ellie the Elephant, New York's famous mascot, will no doubt be a key part of the festivities as the Liberty crawl down the "Canyon of Heroes" in honor of ending a 20-plus year long drought.

Each one is made from five separate elephant’s tusks ... These miniature altars were often carved from wood, but the Oba's altars were made from brass. On top of this one is a figure of the ...

Species around the world are threatened by the illegal wildlife trade, which peddles in wares such as pangolin scales, ...

In August, Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 elephants, 30 hippos and 300 zebras. The following month, Zimbabwe authorized the slaughter of 200 elephants.

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As a helicopter hovers close to an elephant, trying to be as steady as possible, an experienced veterinarian cautiously takes aim. A tranquilizer dart whooshes in the air, and within minutes the ...