A former zoo owner, Frank Thompson, brought Connie to the U.S. with seven other elephant babies who were orphaned in Zimbabwe in 1987 when poachers killed the adults in the herd for their tusks.

During the experiment, elephants in Zimbabwe showed an ability to change their gestures to something more elaborate when they didn’t get exactly what they wanted.

Activist Tommy Garnett's decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone's Tiwai island -- a lush forest home to one of the ...

Humans have long mastered the art of expressing their goals and needs through both language and gestures. A similar behavior ...

Isaac stared down at his sandals and wondered out loud how suitable they'd be for the ordeal ahead: A perilous ...

Description: I visited Delhi, Agra & Jaipur solo for the first time on a tour of Rajasthan. India's Golden Triangle, this route is famous for spots like the Taj Mahal! Here's a look at my first few ...

Ethiopian Dreams,” the Chicago Gospel Music Festival and the Chosen Few Picnic are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Jill Boyd picked up a book called “The Elephant Whisperer,” not knowing it would change her life. It follows the story of ...

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal ...

Pics! Londie London Chases Summer On An Epic Bali Vacation. While some of us are in the middle of harsh South African winter, other kids are rocking ...

In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...