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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

But the other calf, the only male, remained on the edge of the circle ... enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing around in the morning sun before the ...