African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The ...

The Topeka Zoo announced May 16 that its last remaining elephant, 56-year-old African pachyderm Tembo, had died after living ...

The Topeka Zoo announced the passing of one of its longest resident animals: Tembo, a 56-year-old African elephant.

A saddening and difficult announcement regarding Tembo, the Zoo's beloved 56-year-old African elephant.

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 ...

Central California’s Fresno Chaffee Zoo has welcomed a new African elephant to its herd, officials announced this weekend. The zoo said Saturday that visitors will be able see the bull named Mabu on ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service's trophy approvals last year were a big leap from President Donald Trump’s first term, when he ...

According to a new study published on Monday, June 10, African elephants refer to one another with "individually specific calls" Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...

An extinct species of giant elephant that used to roam across much of Europe and Asia was more closely related to modern African forest elephants than forest elephants are to modern African bush ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...