these being the commanders of the phalanx on either side” (Polybius, The Histories 5.83). The battle was opened by the war elephants. The Ptolemaic elephants were African forest elephants ...

Elephants trumpeted, touched trunks and flapped their oversized ears upon reuniting with their herd after a complex, five-day ...

Bhubaneswar: Elephants in Chandaka wildlife sanctuary are confined to only 15 sq km area near Bharatpur, which is close to the city though the sanctuary sprawls over 193 sq km, revealed wildlife ...

War elephants have been utilized in Thailand since at least the 13th century. ©Maximillian cabinet/Shutterstock.com The relationship between humans and elephants in Thailand is complicated.

Colorado’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that five elderly elephants don’t have legal standing to sue to leave a local zoo because they’re not human. An animal rights group had sought to ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release because they are not human, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The court said the decision "does not ...

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal ...

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they're not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.Video above ...

On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that five wild-born zoo elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo do not have a right to liberty. The lawsuit, filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP ...