A new study found that subtle differences in an animal’s behavior by midlife can predict how long it is likely to live.

The decline in Africa's population of forest elephants has had a direct impact on the decline of its ebony trees, a new study based in Cameroon now shows. A study published this August in the journal ...

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, ...

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along. That's the central finding of new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In southern India, communities are having frightening run-ins with wildlife. Across villages near Bannerghatta National Park, ...

In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...

People Safari Africa Elephant wildlife nature savanna open vehicle close animal encounter tourist tourism travel woodland greater Kruger National Park© jacobeukman/iStock via Getty Images Elephants ...