A trek through the forest to an elephant cave and discovering that the journey there was as exciting as the destination.

That welcoming elephant at the entrance isn’t just decoration, it’s your passport to adventure and really good fries. Photo credit: Jennie Sawyer Let’s be honest: Minnesota winters can feel longer ...

These 8 spots offer bizarre sights and memorable experiences! A building shaped like a giant elephant might sound made up, ...

Which means baby elephants are born ready to move. No lying around for weeks. You’re born, you stand up, you walk. The herd’s already moving. Catch up or risk being left behind. N’Dala and her very, ...

Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk. Police found the ...

La Jolla Cove, in California’s marine sanctuary, took first place in Tripadvisor's 2026 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Watchers, in honor of today’s (U.S.) holiday, we're celebrating another birth announcement from the nation’s capital. Yes, we’re back to the Smithsonian’s ...

Get up close with gentle elephants at a nonprofit Florida ranch offering hands-on care, education, and unforgettable, ...

Elephants use about 1,000 specialized trunk whiskers with a built-in stiffness gradient to precisely sense contact.

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...

While the whiskers on a cat might be known to help them balance and detect their surroundings, scientists have discovered elephants have super whiskers too. Around 1,000 whiskers cover their trunks, ...