Elephants have long unsettled and fascinated observers with what looks uncannily like a funeral rite, lingering over ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

This terribly sad Instagram post documents a mother elephant’s grief for her stillborn calf. For two days, she carries it around, showing it to the herd and to human visitors to the area. The herd ...

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, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced that Tonka, a 46-year-old African elephant, was humanely euthanized on Wednesday. Tonka was put in hospice care earlier this week when it was determined ...