Contrary to conventional belief, elephants are actually able to run, but their gait is unlike that of any other animal, according to researchers at Stanford University. The researchers dubbed the ...

Throughout northern Thailand, elephant camps are transforming and it is down to locally-run organizations like SEF setting an example for their animals and people: there is a better way for the ...

Elephants are a great example – they are very heavy and need to run more softly than lighter animals, while arboreal monkeys need to run softly through branches so that they don’t spring up ...

We all know that cheetahs, which can run up to 75 mph, are the fastest land animal on Earth, but why is this? Why couldn’t elephants, for example, run faster?

Due to their large mass, elephants cannot run faster than 21 miles per hour. A new study helps explain why intermediately-sized animals can move much more quickly.

Letters to the Editor: After L.A. elephants are whisked away in the night, ‘animals need more reliable friends’ A September 2019 photo of Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo.