Locals watch a herd of elephants gather near a rice field in Borkala village, Nagaon District, Assam, India, on December 7, 2023. In 2015, a 62-year-old man named Kunjumon Devasey from a remote ...

The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns people of incoming herds of wild elephants in an effort to reduce violent encounters between humans and the land giants.

Conflict between elephants and humans is a growing, and potentially deadly, problem in some parts of India. Now, the state of Assam, a northeastern region famous for its rolling tea plantations, has ...

Wildlife workers brought out an excavator to rescue 4 elephants, including a calf, who were trapped inside a pond with steep banks on a private property in Odisha, India on May 8. The animals were ...

Indian elephants are one of three extant subspecies of Asian elephants. Smaller than African elephants, Indian elephants have convex backs with their highest body point on their heads. Males reach an ...

India's dense population is threatening elephants, with more than 200 killed in train collisions over the last decade. Indian railways turned to artificial intelligence for help. Yeah, Indian ...

GUWAHATI, India — Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam ...

Decorated elephants for parade at the annual festival in Siva Temple, Cochin, India© Aleksandar Todorovic/Shutterstock.com In India, elephants are not just animals; they are iconic figures, deeply ...

HaatiApp tracks the movements of elephant herds in the state of Assam, home to the second-largest elephant population in India. Locals can also use the app to report their elephant sightings, injuries ...