Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers ...

The 27-year-old female collapsed on Friday after a lost dog was seen running in a non-public area near the elephant barn Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A female Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo died shortly after her herd became agitated from a small dog running loose, zoo officials said. Rani (pronounced Rahn-ee) died Friday at ...

PETA blames zoo operators for the death of Chai the elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The 37-year-old pachyderm moved from the Woodland Park Zoo was found dead Saturday of unknown causes. “Chai was ...

An elephant — whom PETA called the “saddest” in the world — has died. Vishwamali, nicknamed Mali, died on Nov. 28 of congestive heart failure at Manila Zoo in Manila, Philippines. It was believed that ...

No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are ...