African elephants use their unique sense of smell to communicate, distinguish their mates and outsiders, and maintain social cohesion. These are the findings of a group of researchers from the University of Queensland, who found that smell was used to distinguish characteristics including age, health, reproductive status, location, identity, social status and family relationships between…

A photographer risked the life of his camera for closeup photos of a wild herd of elephants, but the gamble paid off; not only did his camera survive the colossal mammals, but the photographic results were beyond belief. Israel-based wildlife photographer Yarin Klein, 30, was on a trip to Amboseli National Park in Kenya in December…

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. The intriguing world of the Asian working elephant. Unnaturally bent legs slip on a steep hillside as thick chains draw blood under the dragging weight of vast logs. Asian elephants have worked for mankind for over 4,000 years. Generations of labor, performing,…

These heartwarming photos show the fun side of raising orphaned elephants at a wildlife sanctuary in East Africa. The pictures were taken at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Elephant Nursery in Nairobi, Kenya, where orphaned elephants are raised by caregivers. In these moving photographs, Peter Mbulu, a caregiver who has cared for elephants for over 23…

COLOMBO—An elephant in Sri Lanka gave birth to twins on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 80 years, wildlife authorities said. The twins, both males, were born to 25-year-old Surangi at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in the central hills of the country, an orphanage spokesperson said. Their father, 17-year-old Pandu, is also an orphanage resident….