The term describes a bull elephant with tusks that weigh over 45 kilograms each. Tusks that size are so long that they scrape ...

A team of Indian scientists found 39 videos showing Asian elephants mourning by roaring, holding vigil, and carrying the dead, per a new study.

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Topeka Zoo is saying goodbye to one of its Asian elephants. The zoo has announced that it had to humanely euthanize its 67-year-old elephant Cora. Cora had led a storied life ...

It's true elephants don't forget. When 34-year-old Asian elephant and former Northwest pachyderm Tina died last week, her mates appeared to remember her with an unusual display of elephant mourning ...

SOMERSET, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is mourning the loss of a beloved elephant calf who died unexpectedly. The zoo said Tsuni died Thursday after a sudden, brief battle with elephant ...

Elephants have long been regarded as one of the most intelligent animals on planet Earth, but Dr. Paula Kahumbu said intelligence is just scratching the surface of the multitudes elephants contain.

We all know that many animals grieve the loss of family and friends. Here's a wonderful acknowledgment of broken-hearted elephants mourning the loss of their human friend, Lawrence Anthony, author of ...