Not all elephants are the same. A new study has found that male African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) develop distinctive personality traits as they age. “We wanted to know whether ...

Long thought to be loners, male African elephants turn out to have surprisingly rich social lives ...

Video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park shows a herd of African elephants respond to the movement during Monday’s magnitude 5.2 earthquake, first running to the same general area when the ...

In 2014, African elephant Stephanie was the lone elephant at the Sedgwick County Zoo. A decade — and three baby elephants — ...

Experts call this behavior an “alert circle,” a response matriarch elephants display when they perceive a threat. “Elephants are highly social, they take care of each other,” says Joshua Plotnik, an ...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Julian in Southern California.

A video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park taken during an earthquake put complex elephant herd dynamics on display.

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades ...

Elephants live in a variety of habitats and can be found in the wild in Africa and Asia. Scientists estimate there are around 470,000 African elephants and between 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants.

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., quickly formed an "alert circle" to protect their young following Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake.