Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) was classified as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List in 2021. In Sri Lanka, the human-elephant conflict (HEC) ...

How rare is it for elephants to birth twins? Find out more about this occurrence in the wild and why it's significant.

On two separate occasions, adult male elephants rescued adult females that were sedated by the research team as part of their ...

Over 100 hundred women as well as a number of men from human-elephant conflict (HEC) affected areas of different parts of ...

Asian elephant's brains are four times larger ... it also helps us understand why human-elephant conflict is happening, and why not every elephant in the wild is interacting with people in such ...

Asian elephants have not fared better ... 100 elephant deaths in India annually due to conflict between the two species.

Wild Asian elephants consume anywhere from ... researcher Boripat Siriaroonrat to innovate other solutions to the human-elephant conflict. Six months ago, Siriaroonrat, along with a team of ...

which is a particularly significant threat to Asian elephants. Human settlements and developing agricultural land are continually encroaching into the elephants’ habitats. They also block ...

This work was led by researchers from the World Wide Fund for Nature, India (WWF), the Assam State Forest Department, the ...

Apart from their majestic appearance, Asian elephants have been vital to human history and culture. The animals have been worshiped in religious circles in many Asian cultures, with many considering ...