Forest Department searches for separated elephant calf in Coimbatore, providing care and trying to reunite with herd.

Many creatures have imprinted on our hearts — and even a city sidewalk — for making their homes near ours. Here’s a look back at some of Chicago’s well-loved animals.

A leading rights group in Asia has expressed deep concern over the alleged enforced disappearance of an environmental ...

This is the impressive moment an elephant pulled an SUV that was stuck in a muddy riverbank. The owner of a white Toyota ...

Scientists use changes in DNA as a type of clock to estimate how long two species have been separated. Researchers found that ...

Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...

Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films.

An elephant died in Tamil Nadu, India, after scavenging at a trash heap. Veterinarians who tried to save the animal found ...

Asian and African elephants, though related, exhibit key differences. African elephants are larger with fan-shaped ears and ...

A 30-foot statue? Genetically-modified mammoth? Here is what could be in store for Utah’s NHL team following its rebrand.

Billy and Tina, a pair of Asian elephants long housed at the Los Angeles Zoo, are now residents of the Tulsa Zoo but the ...

The larger sloths didn’t do much tree climbing, at risk of falling to their deaths. Instead, they survived by being ...