Elephants are creatures of habit, and they typically don’t show up here at the Mushara waterhole in Namibia’s Etosha National Park until at least 11 A.M. But the full moon does funny things to ...

Male elephants have a reputation as loners ... And in two instances in South Africa, when older bulls had been reintroduced to a territory, younger bulls had then cycled out of musth.

In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

“We see females approaching the male, not just the other way, and rubbing their trunks over him.” Nevertheless, some of the elephants may have been nervous about the calves getting trampled in ...

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible threats.

On Tuesday, the zoo announced the birth of another African elephant calf, just four days after the birth of Bomani on April 10. Kijani, a male calf, was born to Xolani on Monday, surrounded by ...