A near-impenetrable plateau in Central Africa allowed elephants to hide from humans for years. The same landscape could also be their savior.

Who needs to be tall when you are this strong? The elephant in this clip can’t quite reach the leaves at the top of the tree.

National Geographic's Ghost Elephants is a feature documentary chronicling the search for Africa's most elusive elephant.

LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi -- Half a dozen African elephants lay strewn on a riverside plain in Malawi, immobilized by darts fired from a helicopter in a massive project to move 500 elephants, by ...

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as ...

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

After years of construction, Safari Park’s massive new elephant habitat is opening ...

A lower ranking male gives a ‘trunk-to-mouth’ salute to an older, higher-ranking individual. This greeting behavior is a very important ritual that serves to reinforce relationships between bonded ...

The Elephant Valley serves as a bridge between the zoo and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's support for elephant ...

African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...