Motty, a unique elephant hybrid, remains one of the most fascinating and tragic stories in the animal kingdom. Known as the “world’s rarest elephant,” Motty was the only confirmed hybrid between an ...

Two Asian elephants at the Columbus Zoo, Phoebe and Sunny, are pregnant and due soon. Their calves would build up Columbus' herd. But also, they're part of a national effort to increase the ...

Elephants in Rwanda. In the largest genomic study of African elephants to date, an international team of researchers analysed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected across ...

Researchers found elephants help sustain a hidden network of insects, with their loss triggering biodiversity declines across ecosystems.