Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, but also adapt their behavior to suit the social context, according to a new study. Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, ...

For years, elephants have been described as having amazing memories and that they never forget. However, the more interesting truth is not simply that elephants remember. It is that they seem to live ...

The decline in Africa's population of forest elephants has had a direct impact on the decline of its ebony trees, a new study based in Cameroon now shows. A study published this August in the journal ...

CU Boulder PhD student Liam Jasperse-Sjolander is helping elephant behavioral observation get off the ground—and into the air above Africa Walking through the quiet, lush rainforests of Gabon, on ...

I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered which ...

African elephants are known to recognize groups of humans, to test electric fences with their tusks to avoid injury, and (of course) can remember paths to resources passed down to them decades earlier ...

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...

A lower ranking male gives a ‘trunk-to-mouth’ salute to an older, higher-ranking individual. This greeting behavior is a very important ritual that serves to reinforce relationships between bonded ...

Male elephants have distinct characters, and certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research. The study also ...