One of the most remarkable aspects of elephant social structure is its matriarchal nature. Elephant families are led by the oldest and often largest female, known as the matriarch. The matriarch plays ...

The annual African American Children’s Book Fair (AACBF) returned to Philadelphia for the its 33rd year. The book fair is one of the oldest and largest book fairs for African American children ...

Shopping for a junior stargazer? We've picked out the best telescopes for kids, perfect for wowing them with February's planetary parade or next month's breathtaking lunar eclipse. If there's a ...

An elephant in South Africa’s Kruger National Park trampled a tourist to death as he was trying to protect children, officials say. The incident Sunday involving 59-year-old Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed ...

This nomadic lifestyle allows them access to essential resources year-round. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult for their environment to support these beautiful behemoths. Humans have ...

Coalition Humans Habitats Highways (Coalition 3H) said the highway construction through Tawai must be halted and priority given to protecting elephant habitats, especially the Tawai Forest which ...

The Humans Habitats Highways (3H) Coalition said the highway construction through Tawai must be halted and priority given to the protection of elephant habitats. The group of 13 NGOs said the ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed the suit against the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in May 2024 alleging the park in Colorado Springs kept five elderly African elephants named Missy, Kimba ...

Burma will soon have an extended barn to share with the other elephants for night quarters as well as yards and another four habitats which will be much more spacious than what she was used to in ...

But if American zoos did such an amazing job of conserving this species, why have wild populations of African elephants declined by more than two-thirds since the 1970s? Poaching and habitat loss ...