African elephants, the largest land mammals on Earth, are remarkable creatures known not only for their intelligence and social structures but also for their unique hygiene routines. Maintaining ...

Hygiene takes many forms in the animal kingdom, and it’s not always about getting clean.

A tourist at South Africa's Kruger National Park was trampled to death by an elephant as he was trying to protect children, officials say.

Have you ever wondered what the world’s largest land animal might be? While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone ...

They can weigh up to 15,000 pounds (7,000 kg) and stand at a height of up to 13 feet (4 meters.) African elephants are further classified into two subspecies: the savanna elephant and the forest ...

The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed from the South African town of ... ran past the bridge into the bush whereupon an individual elephant from a nearby herd charged ...

Learn more about the different types of elephants, their breathtaking intelligence, and the modern-day threats to their survival. African and Asian elephants not only live on separate continents ...

Officials say the tourist was trampled while trying to protect children who left a vehicle and ran into the bush near a herd ...

Sir Jim Ratcliffe created his own car company from scratch to build the ultimate off-road SUV. On a punishing seven-day ...

The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed from the South African town of ... ran past the bridge into the bush whereupon an individual elephant from a nearby herd charged ...