Botswana’s government has authorized the killing of 23 elephants for its independence day celebrations this week ...

Arriving on Broadway for the first time nearly a decade after its Off-Broadway premiere, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play reunites the powerhouse team behind Jaja’s African Hair ...

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

A large African elephant moves through dry grass and dense shrubs beneath a clear blue sky. Its long curved tusks stand out ...

Little Red, the baby elephant animatronic, has returned to a guest-facing location at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

“Now, our victorious young elephant will continue to grow up in the place she was born, raising her own family...” shared the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer-Reporter on the ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 15 (Reuters) - South African police said on Tuesday they were investigating the deaths of seven women whose bodies were found near Johannesburg over the past ‌two months, with some ...

Big ears. Trunks. Wrinkly, grey skin. Ask a five-year-old to draw an elephant and you’ll get much the same cartoon. But look a little closer, and you’ll discover that the species are exquisitely ...

A group of African elephants gathers closely in the open grasslands, surrounded by tall green grass beneath a bright blue sky. Several elephants stand together while other members of the herd can be ...

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The South African rand held steady on Tuesday as traders shrugged off a second-quarter economic contraction — its first in almost two ‌years — driven by the Iran war's ...

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