Stefan Chen tells us about how Elephant Seals travel using their own, built-in GPS. Elephant seals are among the only known ...

Imagine a child ripped from its mother’s embrace, shackled in heavy metal chains, subjected to systemic starvation, and relentless beating until resistance gives way to fear.

A lone elephant has killed over 20 people in India, revealing the tragic consequences of habitat loss and human expansion.

Elephants are unlike any other animals on Earth, and their size is one of their most remarkable traits. In this slideshow, ...

A community in India is living in fear of a wild elephant that has claimed the lives of 20 people, including two children, ...

Right now, a male elephant with one tusk is on a rampage in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. Since New Year's Day, the ...

A documentary focuses on the remarkable reproductive lives of the rare male elephants whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African elephant has some of the world's biggest ears, measuring more than six feet long and more than four feet wide. It’s a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s a classic Disney moment: Dumbo the elephant jumps out of a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A high-speed passenger train struck a herd of elephants in Assam state, killing seven and injuring a calf. Five ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...