A UNSW researcher found using bees to scare elephants away from crops in Botswana raised more questions than answers.

While live bees can be used as a deterrent to keep elephants away from farms, a new technology fills in for cases where a buzz without the sting is preferable. By Rachel Nuwer It’s a familiar, dreaded ...

A few fully mature bull elephant seals are at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon, along with a few pregnant females and a few pups. The first pup of the season was born Dec. 10. The ...

When poaching amplifies the effect of higher hunting quotas, it is bad news for the future of Botswana’s elephant population ...

A team of wildlife experts in Kenya rushed to the aid of an adult African elephant spotted with a large spear in it’s foot. Veterinarians pulled a bent metal spear about 5-feet long that had become ...

An otherworldly moan rose from the beach, warbling in the crisp wind. It was the sound of a female elephant seal at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. If it weren’t such a bright sunny ...

Source: Esin Üstün, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Decades of research have emphasized the importance of matriarchs in leading elephant herds. A herd, made up of related female ...