Today, the term “Big Five” refers to the beauty and power of some of Africa’s most iconic animals. However, it has a much ...

Zoo Atlanta announced a new big-eared resident was coming to their African Savanna thanks to a new transfer from the Sedgwick ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, ...

The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the world’s biggest land mammal and has the largest ears of modern-day elephants. They’re so big, in fact, that they account for 20 percent of ...

The tourist killed by elephant at Kruger National Park in South Africa was "charged and trampled", park officials say.

However, the court ruled that "no matter how cognitively, psychologically, or socially sophisticated [elephants] may be," habeas corpus only applies to people. Bulwagi, a 20-year-old African ...

Titan, an African elephant, at the Sedgwick County Zoo. (Courtesy Sedgwick County Zoo) He is estimated to be 15 years old and weighs just over four tons, so the zoo says Titan is ready to go to a ...