Elephants

Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit

“The Thai elephant is very important, they are in the heart of Thai people. They are the symbols of living diplomacy, the good relations between Thailand and Israel,” Vichienpuntu said.

Thai ambassador to Israel, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, in front of the elephants at Jerusalem’s Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. June 4, 2026.
Illustration: The skull of an asian elephant.

Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study

A general view of the excavation of Gesher B'not Ya‘acov Acheulian site, April 14, 2026.

Ancient charcoal found in northern Israel sheds new light on how early humans lived - study

 World's oldest Neanderthal fingerprint found on 43,000-year-old pebble in Spain. Illustration.

'Fat factories': Neanderthals orchestrated massive elephant kills 125,000 years ago


Human ancestors in India butchered a 10-tonnes giant elephant 300,000 years ago

Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus greatly exceeded the size of modern African elephants. Adults grew to around four meters tall at the shoulder and weighed about 10 tonnes.

 Statues of a group of mammoths in the North of Russia.

Elephant contraceptives: Thailand goes on a wild (animal) birth control plan

Wild elephant population increase by 7-8% annually in the country, leading to deadly human-elephant conflicts.

 Elephant contraceptives: Thailand goes on a wild (animal) birth control plan.

How can something this big go away? Survey finds drastic decline in elephant population

Savanna elephants have declined by about 70% and forest elephants by about 90% on average in the surveyed sites.

 Drastic decline in elephant population.

Do elephants play tricks on each other? Watch video

Observations at the Berlin Zoo provide new insights into elephants' cognitive abilities and social behaviors.

 Young elephants playing games on the green African grass.

Ten wild elephants die in three days at Indian Tiger Reserve, fungus-infected millet suspected

The lone surviving male elephant from the herd of thirteen is reported to be displaying distress.

 Elephants playing in the water by Martin_Heigan is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to 'roam free' in Germany

Germany is the largest importer of African elephant hunting trophies, and animal welfare groups have pressured the government to restrict the practice.

 An African elephant.

Biotech company aims to resurrect woolley mammoths in three years

Colossal lays out a ten-step process for how they will resurrect the Woolley Mammoth.  

 An artistic rendition of a Woolley Mammoth.

Just like people, elephants don't like eating the same thing every night - study

Elephants vary their diets not only according to what’s available but also to their preferences and physiological needs.

 Forest elephant, Loxodonta africana cyclotis, is an endangered species.

6 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' unearthed in Florida

The paleontologists uncovered the full skeletons of at least one adult and seven infant gomphotheres.

 Forest elephant, Loxodonta africana cyclotis, is an endangered species.

Woman finds ancient mastodon tooth on beach

The tooth belonged to a Pacific mastodon, a creature that went extinct over 10,000 years ago

 Pacific mastodon tooth