While Africa’s savannas are renowned for their rich wildlife, two animals garner much of the attention in the area — the giraffe and the elephant. Both animals are considered giants in the animal ...

In the wild, aggression is not about anger or emotion in the human sense. It is a survival strategy shaped by millions of ...

An elephant at a Wisconsin zoo is being carefully watched after taking a tumble a day prior. On Sept. 2, Ruth — one of Milwaukee County Zoo’s three elephants — “lost her footing on a log in the ...

Source: Esin Üstün, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Decades of research have emphasized the importance of matriarchs in leading elephant herds. A herd, made up of related female ...