"He made it clear… that he wasn't comfortable with the approaching vehicle." ...

Researchers documented behavioral similarities between 11 rehabilitated elephants and their wild counterparts.

Ex-captive elephants released into the wild adapt well to wild environments, according to a study published July 29, 2026, in ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language? Studies suggest that populations, even ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, but also adapt their behavior to suit the social context, according to a new study. Male African elephants have distinct personality traits, ...

The post Animal Behaviors Scientists Still Can't Fully Explain appeared first on A-Z Animals. Animals have evolved some truly bizarre behaviors, and even after decades of research and the aid of ...

Neil the Seal became a social media sensation almost overnight. Neil is a five-year-old male southern elephant seal who weighs roughly one tonne. He was born on the Tasman Peninsula in October 2020, ...

I’m not alone in being amazed by the social, cognitive, and emotional lives of elephants. I try to read just about everything that is written about these magnificent giants, and when I learned about ...

Animals have evolved some truly bizarre behaviors, and even after decades of research and the aid of modern technology, scientists still don’t fully understand many of them. Some actions appear based ...