The death of an adult female elephant in India has sparked an outcry after a mob of locals fired flaming spears and spiked iron rods at the animal while chasing it away following the death of an ...

August 12 is celebrated as World Elephant Day is dedicated to the preservation and protection of these mammals. In India, 33 elephant reserves have been established in 14 states that are major ...

An elephant in eastern India killed a 70-year-old woman and then returned to her funeral to trample her corpse. The incident occurred in Odisha state on Thursday, police said. Maya Murmu was at a ...

New Delhi — Doctors at India's first-ever elephant hospital are using every method at their disposal, from laser stimulation to ayurvedic massage and physiotherapy, to try to get a baby elephant ...

“Elephant corridors are narrow strips of land that connect two large habitats,” says Dr. Raman Sukumar, scientist, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. “In many cases, they are already ...

This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week. The first hospital for elephants opened in the holy Hindu town of Mathura in ...

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year. Boots crunch ...

A German tourist died in India after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a forest reserve, police said today. The 77-year-old was riding a hired scooter in Tiger Valley in southern Tamil Nadu ...

The state of Assam in India has launched a mobile phone app aimed at reducing deaths caused by wild elephants. The Haati app will warn people of approaching herds of elephants to allow them to get ...

“The elephants didn’t mean them any harm” explained a resident from Bannerghatta, India who has to be careful at night in case the animals trample them. It is about living with nature’s ...

An elephant attacked a 70-year-old woman in India, killing her, local police said. Though, the elephant did not stop there. The enormous animal made its return, but this time to her funeral ...