Elephants

Elephants appear to have evolved their long, grasping trunks as a result of climate change pressures on their ancestors millions of years ago.

In this interview, elephant expert Ross MacPhee explains how the giant animals' tusks record every week of their lives and why their noses are so remarkable.

A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and remarkable lives of these huge (and sometimes dwarf) pachyderms.

Elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park appear to call to each other with individual names using low, complex "rumbles," a study has found.

"Translocations have come to symbolize the mixed feelings I have about our relationship with the natural world," photographer Marcus Westberg said.

Scientist claims elephants' cancer-preventing genes may have evolved to protect their sperm from the scorching hot habitats they live in.

Elephants are known for their extraordinary memories, but is it true that they never forget?

Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes carrying their lost infants for days or weeks.

For some elephants, survival meant ditching their tusks. Now they are slowly getting them back.

An injured baby elephant that was abandoned by its herd in China has been rescued by a local animal rescue group, according to recent news reports.