This is the amusing moment pensioners played tug-of-war with an elephant in Thailand. Dozens of housewives squared off against the jumbo named Boon Nam during a sports festival in Phang Nga on April 2 ...

Elephants are no pushovers when it comes to walking great distances every day, and they even seem to have a knack for planning their demanding journeys. A new study puts the ingenuity of these mammals ...

The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka continues unabated. Although efforts by successive governments since the 1970s have reduced the rate of attrition, and there are about 7,000 elephants ...