Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves ...

In 2014, African elephant Stephanie was the lone elephant at the Sedgwick County Zoo. A decade — and three baby elephants — later the zoo is home to a promising breeding herd.

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of ...

The group then filed similar papers to try to free Fresno’s three African elephants — a mother-daughter pair and Vus’Musi — but a judge ruled against the group.

Four days ago, a crowd of 30 animal advocates rallied outside the zoo calling for the immediate release of Asian elephants Billy and Tina.

When elephants gesture, they do it with a specific goal, directing those gestures at someone who can respond, then adjust them if needed.

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Elephants can’t sue to leave the zoo, court rules A Colorado court rejected efforts to free five elephants using a legal process for human detainees, writing that it “boils down to whether an ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas announced in a post on Facebook earlier this week that four of its elephants are currently pregnant.

Elephants were brought to U.S. zoos for decades, but transfers of African elephants have become rare in recent years amid rising international concern over the numerous threats they face in the ...