During the experiment, elephants in Zimbabwe showed an ability to change their gestures to something more elaborate when they didn’t get exactly what they wanted.

Researchers reported that the animals are capable of making very deliberate gestures to communicate their desire for more.

Many studies about gestures focus on primates. But elephants are another natural subject for this research because they live ...

Southern Africa’s elephant population has grown to over 230,000 – a conservation success that is creating new problems for ...

A former zoo owner, Frank Thompson, brought Connie to the U.S. with seven other elephant babies who were orphaned in Zimbabwe in 1987 when poachers killed the adults in the herd for their tusks.

WITH his wife seated on the carrier and their one-year-old son on her back, Honest Mudenda (28) cycled 10 kilometres on a perry bike to register a birth certificate last Wednesday, a two-hour ride ...

Elephants aren’t just intelligent; they’re intentional. A new behavioral study reveals that African Savannah elephants use ...

Volunteering with elephants isn't about riding them like jungle royalty, or just about tossing sugarcane for selfies. Ethical ...

Long before Tiger King exposed the controversial world of private big cat ownership, the film Roar explored the extreme ...

Southern Africa's booming elephant population - now over 230,000 - marks a global conservation success, but it's also fueling ...

HWANGE East legislator Joseph Bonda has expressed concern over an increase in cases of human-wildlife conflict in his constituency.Several people have fallen victim to dangerous wild animals such as ...