The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found ...

Archaeologists working in southern Spain have identified what appears to be the first direct physical evidence of an elephant ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...

It would be the first hard evidence that elephants were used in battle by General Hannibal.

The findings suggest these ghost elephants survived Angola’s war by never leaving—adapting instead by becoming invisible. “I ...

Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ...

“The hairs on the head, body, and tail of Asian elephants are stiff from base to tip, which is what we were expecting when we ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found.

Acupuncture has become part of elephant care at a small number of zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. Its use is tied to long-term ...

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other.

In the wild, there are a lot of ways elephants like to play, like: Playing with actual toys (in zoos, balls. In the wild, ...