A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal ...

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, ...

Elephants in populations that lost or lack older individuals tend to have a lower chance of survival, spend less time with others and respond less accurately to threats, says behavioral ecologist Lucy ...

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along. That's the central finding of new ...

Elephants are incredibly intelligent and social animals with several sophisticated methods of communication. They use all their senses — hearing, sight, touch, and smell — to interact within their own ...

Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy ...

In late 2025, social media users shared a video purportedly showing an elephant throwing grass on top of its head. The footage appeared to show the animal — already with some grass on its head — in a ...