COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s largest protected area, the Wilpattu National Park, recognized as one of the best places in the country to observe leopards in the wild, has long been a favorite among wildlife ...

The largest blue whale ever recorded weighed over 199 tons. Even average-sized blue whales are massive, weighing around ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

An African forest elephant — nicknamed the "ghost elephant" due to its incredibly infrequent sightings — was spotted in ...

A camera trap in Niokolo-Koba National Park captured rare video of what might be the last remaining elephant in Senegal.

Named after Ousmane Sarr, a veteran park ranger who dedicated his life to protecting Niokolo-Koba's endangered species, the ...

While there are an estimated 415,000 African elephants in the world, there are only about 40,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants in the world, and about 30% of those live in captivity.

Big male tuskers can be beautiful, but frightening. Credit: iStock We’ve seen plenty of elephants so far. I’m in awe of the beautiful but frightening male tuskers who can be emotional, easily ...

On Monday, a wild male elephant, estimated by officials to be around seven years of age, was found dead in a cornfield near the Kaushiki Community Forest in Sunsari’s Barahakshetra Municipality. In ...

A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa, surprising residents and inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to sea.