And you might be surprised to know that war elephants played a military support role as late as World War II! Read on to find out more. Asian elephants were the first elephant species to be tamed ...

One of the smoothest births I've ever seen,' official says PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The long wait is over. After more than 20 ...

An expert on Asian elephants is sounding the alarm about “elephant sanctuaries” after a tourist was killed while visiting one in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren García, 22, a law student at the ...

The zoo’s alleged “cruel confinement” of Happy and the zoo’s other Asian elephant Patty led to the unwanted ranking from the animal rights group In Defense of Animals — with only the Los ...

According to the nonprofit World Animal Protection, Thailand is home to 15% of the 52,000 Asian elephants currently living in the wild. According to the nonprofit, Asian elephants are an ...

Our trusty van was parked nearby, but we were stuck, hiding in some bushes. A herd of Asian elephants were just a stone’s throw away, and they were agitated. A colossal gaur (a remarkably ...

A young woman was killed by an Asian elephant at a sanctuary in Thailand on Friday during a bathing session gone wrong, according to officials. Spanish citizen Blanca Ojanguren García ...

The Phoenix Zoo, home to Indu, a female Asian elephant, has responded to claims that it is one of the worst zoos for elephants in North America. On Tuesday, nonprofit organization In Defense of ...