African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which ...

A Sri Lankan express train has fatally struck an elephant despite new safety measures introduced after the same train killed ...

A wild elephant stopped by a religious shrine to search and steal food intended for Buddhist gods. The jumbo named Plai Nguang Thong emerged from the forest and found snacks on the spirit house in ...

Legend has it that before he became the Buddha, a young Prince Siddhartha Gautama nursed an injured sarus crane (Antigone ...

Zimbabwe’s collaring project may offer a way forward. Sixteen elephants, mostly matriarchs, have been fitted with GPS collars ...

Princess Beatrice looked striking in crimson at last night's star-studded event at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla attended a lavish soiree in Kew on Tuesday night, raising money for the conservation charity ...

While Nepal often celebrates its success in conserving charismatic species like the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), ...

The first comprehensive vertebrate survey in Nepal’s Madhesh province has documented 163 fish, 24 amphibian, 578 bird and 90 ...

How little? Try two hours a day for African elephants in the wild, a new study found. If confirmed, that would be the shortest-known sleep time of any land mammal. These herbivores can also ...

Each elephant also requires two dedicated mahouts to care for it. According to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal has between 255 and 265 wild elephants and150 ...

To walk in the African wild - truly wild, where there are no fences or barriers and where big game roams freely - is an exercise in letting go. In letting go of control; of certainty; and of the ...