Elephants have problematic moms, too. A baby Asian elephant named Linh Mai has gone viral after being rejected by her mother. Linh Mai was born on February 2 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of shallow, sunlit waters, these microbes may have thrived deep in the ocean, ...

Gov. Jeff Landry and his followers in the Legislature always claim they’re on the hunt for government actors who are wasting our money. Well, they can easily spot the culprits in one of history’s ...

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Elephants rule as the world's largest land animal. An exhibit at the EcoTarium explores the history and vulnerability of elephants. Once wide-ranging, only three elephant species remain today. To ...

Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant. Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his journey is ...

The science pros at TKOR test whether elephant toothpaste can generate enough force to blow up a toilet, scaling up a classic chemical reaction. Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to invoke rare constitutional ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas ...