This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

Pigcasso the painting pig, Julie the chimp with a fondness for grass bling and elephants painting flowers. Acts of creativity ...

There are thousands of paint colors when you walk into a paint ... The name she gets asked about the most is Elephant’s Breath, a gray shade with an undertone of magenta.

Charles began the tradition of commissioning a tour artist in 1985 when John Ward joined an official trip to Italy at his ...

His Airness' $70 million Gulfstream G650ER jet has an out of this world $600k custom paint job from the iconic 'cement' trim of his iconic Jordan 3's. The "castle in the sky" comes complete with ...

The Elephant Family Foundation India started its work with an art fundraiser showcasing hundreds of hand painted elephant ...