Though rare for a tiger to attack a fully grown elephant, young elephants could be in danger of tiger attacks when they stray from their herd. In the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, India, ...

Elephants are not only extremely intelligent but have the ability to express deep empathy for others. They form close family bonds with those in their herd and are known to help other elephants in ...

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When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, ...

Over the weekend we learned the cause of death for Chai, the 37-year-old elephant moved from Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year. A necropsy reveals she died of a bacterial ...

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