The ancient Greeks started it, Disney immortalized it, and MythBusters even tested it with a contraption called the Dung of ...

These gentle giants are not only powerful in size but also remarkable in mind. African elephants are highly intelligent, emotional, and social animals. They live in close family groups, care deeply ...

June marks the start of the African elephant migration season, so this week, we’re learning about these incredible creatures! Before you take a gander at these brilliant mammals, follow this doodle ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

In Southern Africa, people live alongside elephants, but not always peacefully. The growing reports of human-elephant conflict have triggered calls for elephant culls in some countries, like Zimbabwe.