At the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi nursery, one baby elephant has earned a bit of a reputation for being fashionably ...

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A curious baby elephant was caught on camera learning how to use its trunk for the first time at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Filmed by Anne Laing, the playful calf can ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.

A clever elephant returned a visitor's hat after they dropped it into the animal's enclosure in Weihai, Shangdong. Footage filmed by Mr Wang shows the tusker using its trunk to lift up the hat in ...

A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an ...

The late afternoon sun of the Zimbabwean dry season beat down upon the dusty expanse, turning the landscape into a study of scorched browns and pale gold. It was a world defined ...

The cases of Tellis in US and the two Christophers in UK prove that China’s tentacles reach even the most unlikely places ...

Photographer and collage artist David Bender is fascinated with old photographs and the stories that come with them. He ...

Heartwarming videos of animals often go viral on social media platforms. The latest to steal the spotlight is a video that ...