In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the ...

Vatsala, believed to be Asia's oldest elephant, passed away in Panna Tiger Reserve. She was around a century old. Vatsala was ...

Vatsala, thought to be the world's oldest elephant in captivity, has died at a wildlife sanctuary in India's Madhya Pradesh ...

Guinness World Record, though, still recognises the Asian elephant Lin Wang as the oldest at 86. Read more at ...

The two young male Asian elephants play in the pool at The Harry and Linda Fath Elephant Trek at the Cincinnati Zoo & ...

Asian elephants once roamed across most of Asia, now they’re restricted to just 15% of their original range, in a number of fragmented and isolated populations around south and south-east Asia. Today, ...

Habitats for Asian elephants have decreased by more than 64% across the continent, equating to about 3.3 million square kilometers -- more than 850 million acres -- since the year 1700, according ...

The Asian elephant can be found from western India to eastern Borneo in Southeast Asia. A total of three recognized Asian elephant subspecies exist: the indicus, found across mainland Asia, the ...

Some 400 to 600 Asian elephants are believed to remain living in the wild in Cambodia. Researchers said the study's findings underscore the potential of a "national stronghold" for the species.

TOPSHOT - This photo taken on July 20, 2021 shows elephants eating in a forest at the Asian Elephant Breeding and Rescue Centre in Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan province.

An Asian elephant’s trunk can hold about 2.5 gallons of water at a time. But it's really a nose; they don't drink from it. Elephants draw water up into their trunk and then blow it out into ...

For a second round of experiments, the researchers filmed the banana-feeding behavior of Pang Pha with other elephants—namely, her daughter Anchali and another female Asian elephant named Drumbo.