When human settlements and wildlife bump into each other it can cause big problems, so scientists are working on an ...

The majestic Asian elephant has a place of honor in the cultures of South and Southeast Asia. In addition to their role in the natural environment, for millennia, these powerful but sensitive animals ...

“The elephants didn’t mean them any harm” explained a resident from Bannerghatta, India who has to be careful at night in case the animals trample them. It is about living with nature’s large ...

Farmers in Kui Buri are turning elephant crop damage into eco-tourism and conservation opportunities with support from ...

Once rulers of Asia’s vast forests, Asian elephants now struggle to survive as shrinking habitats and rising human conflict ...

Human-wildlife conflict research has often focused on ways such apex predators as lions, tigers and wolves endanger humans, impact livelihoods and threaten livestock, but a pair of Clemson University ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Elephants eat plants. That’s common knowledge to biologists and animal-loving schoolchildren alike. Yet figuring out exactly what kind of plants the iconic ...

TAITA TAVETA, Kenya — For farmers in the Taita hills in southern Kenya, elephants are a menace: they raid crops and will occasionally injure or even kill people. Farmer Richard Shika, 68, has had some ...

Indiana University researcher Daniella Chusyd is studying human aging in an unlikely way: through elephants. Humans and elephants have similar lifespans, with elephants capable of living into their ...