Elephants

Elephants are self-aware, autonomous beings capable of expressing empathy towards others—traits that make them "legal persons," according to the Nonhuman Rights Project.

A mother elephant and her calf escaping a fire-throwing mob is now an award-winning photo.

"I only help her with changing the brushes," says her owner.

The Duke of Cambridge said new ideas were needed on how to manage water resources and the grazing of animals.

A new study tracking the movement of the mammals to detect risk of poaching may help save the lives of elephants.

Poison is becoming the weapon of choice for poachers in Zimbabwe, where the elephant population has fallen by 10,000 in the past decade.

Thailand is a key hub for the illegal ivory trade.

A study has found that elephants sleep for as little as two hours each day.

The winter cold aggravates the giant mammals' arthritis.

Those trying to stop the ivory trade can learn from people tackling drugs trafficking.

The actor had a close encounter with a bull elephant while on safari in South Africa.

'Kenya is making a statement that for us ivory is worthless unless it is on our elephants,' President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

Animal rights activists criticize Ringling Bros. retirement facility and the use of elephants in smaller circuses.

The petition followed the death of a tourist elephant in Cambodia.

Daughters of longer-lived elephant mothers live longer and are more likely to reproduce, have babies that survive

The Hong Kong government is to impose heavy penalties on smuggling and illegal trading of endangered species.

Their human caretakers will visit the 9,000-pound animals in the Sunshine State.

Ringling Brothers's Center for Elephant Conservation is part day care, part school and part senior center for the company's circus herd.

After dire warnings, Tanzania is taking baby steps toward saving its elephants from poachers.

Some species get cancer all the time; others, rarely at all. A young researcher in Salt Lake City is trying to figure out why.

Prince Charles and Camilla host a London auction of twenty tuk-tuks for an elephant charity.

As many as 50,000 elephants are killed each year for their tusks.

Analysis of seized tusks helps scientists track illegal hunting to two key areas of Africa

The event is designed to raise awareness about the poaching epidemic of African elephants.

"Have trunk, will travel!" the Virginia Zoo's executive director says of his institution's two elephants.

Malawi is the latest African nation to announce the public burning of its valuable ivory stockpile.

Swedish town of Kalmar rules that circus animals are forbidden from town centre streets

"The Greatest Show on Earth" will bid farewell to its last elephants in 2018.

The news has unsurprisingly prompted outrage from animal rights activists and critics across the world

"The worst time of all for me is when everything slows and you have time to think," says Rory Young, anti-poaching specialist.