By Spoorthy Raman When elephant biologist Seema Lokhandwala, with the Elephants Acoustic Project, visited a village near ...

Researchers studying animals living in the Barkley Canyon, a fascinating part of the ocean off Vancouver Island, Canada, found something interesting: northern elephant seals are responding to sonar ...

Scientists say an Asian elephant at a South Korean zoo can imitate human speech, saying five Korean words that are readily understood by people who speak the language. The male elephant, named Koshik, ...

Joshua Plotnik: For about 20 years, I have been studying Asian elephant cognition. The biggest issue for the conservation of ...

When an earthquake strikes, humans duck and cover. But elephants get in formation. African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family members in ...

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their intentions and wants. By Veronique Greenwood If you give an elephant an apple, she’s ...