The baby elephant needs a mother to run to. And the fact is that the mother is a 30-year-old Nigerian man right now.” ...

Ex-captive elephants released into the wild adapt well to wild environments, according to a study published July 29, 2026, in the journal PLOS One by Tenisha Roos and Tamara Eggeling of the Elephant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new South African study suggests elephants that once lived in captivity can still readjust successfully ...

African elephants’ have been found to be canny users of plants favored in traditional medicine, many of which have been ...

Elephants develop successful "coping mechanisms" when returning to the wild from human care, according to new research. Observations show "rewilded" elephants can fit in well within wildlife systems ...

Rewilded elephants on !Khamab Kalahari Reserve, who were observed during this research project (from left to right: Ngwedi, Mana, Michael, and Chikwenya). Ex-captive elephants released into the wild ...

Wild African savannah elephants appear to do something remarkable during their frequent squabbles: they talk each other down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front feet of an elephant. The bottom legs and feet are light gray and very wrinkly. Semi-circle shaped (with the arch at the ...

African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant history is defined by the ability to move across large distances and exchange ...