Julie spent 40 years in captivity before being released into a 1,000-acre sanctuary, a charity says.

Triggered emotions are the sign of a successful photograph – and I was reminded of this when I stumbled across photographs of ...

A look back at the heartwarming moments of the FIFA World Cup that resonated with both fans and those not so keen on football ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey ...

When Julie took her first steps of freedom into her new home at an British ran elephant sanctuary based in southern Portugal ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

“The elephants I grew to know and love at the circus were beaten daily with sharp bull hooks and chained like prisoners for hours on end.”” After nearly nine years of intense legal wrangling, the ...

"Consider the career of an enduring if controversial icon of American entertainment: the genial circus elephant. In Entertaining Elephants Susan Nance examines elephant behavior - drawing on the ...

If some New York City officials and animal advocates prevail, there’ll be no more tigers, lions, leopards, monkeys, zebras or even sloths whenever “The Greatest Show on Earth” comes to town. Two city ...