In their fascinating and challenging work, in which they compare humans to elephants in terms of their abilities to handle risks and adapt to various scenarios, they offer a “profoundly unsettling ...

A video of an elephant mourning the loss of its long-time companion at a circus in Russia has gone viral. The elephant can be ...

Whilst not entirely conclusive, there’s lots of evidence to suggest that elephants display very complex emotions and even grieve. They’ve been recorded in the wild standing by dead bodies of ...

The video above also illustrates another amazing aspect of elephant emotion, demonstrated by the elephants’ gentleness toward the man. Despite their massive size difference, the elephants are ...

I’m always leery of claims that humans are uniquely exceptional, that we are better than nonhuman animals (animals) at dealing with the demands of our daily lives, that we are more highly ...

Ely is known as “the sad elephant.” She’s been depressed since she was rescued from abusive conditions at a circus years ago.