In Alps and Elephants, the first of several books that ... Tomas van Houtryve The First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) was fought over control of the strategic islands of Sicily and Corsica.

Credit: Cassell’s Illustrated Universal History, 1882/Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain Pausanias: The victorious general of Plataea who was starved to death The Battle of Plataea in 479 BC was the ...

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from ...

The art of deception, as old as war itself, can garner astonishment when one side’s competence enables it to pull off an ...

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping ...

A first-half strike from Patrik Gustavsson secured the victory for the War Elephants in the Group D opener of the qualifying tournament in front of a large crowd at Bangkok’s Rajamangala ...

The War Elephants and Sri Lanka are in Group D along with Turkmenistan and Taiwan. A total of 24 teams are vying for six places in Saudi Arabia 2027. The match will be broadcast live on Thai Rath ...

Visitors can observe elephants in their natural habitat, observe their behaviour, and activities like feeding and bathing under the supervision of trained mahouts. “During the British times ...

A video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park taken during an earthquake put complex elephant herd dynamics on display. By Jonathan Wolfe The 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Southern California ...

The Elephant Sanctuary, in Hohenwald, celebrated its 30th anniversary in March, marking three decades of adopting former circus and show elephants and allowing them to retire in peaceful wilderness.