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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephant herd at sunset. After a day of eating on islands in the Chobe River, the elephants cross the water again to spend the ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

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, ...

A herd of wild elephants walk through the savanna of Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, East Africa© MPH Photos/Shutterstock.com Elephants have been targeted for financial gain for decades. Both ...

Elephant populations are decreasing rapidly. Some species now have populations that are only 10% of what they were just a few decades ago. Poaching has historically been the main cause of elephants’ ...