WORCESTER – The excitement was palpable Saturday, March 7, as people lined up in the lobby of the EcoTarium to wait for the unveiling of both the new wing that expands the venue’s exhibit capacity and ...

Elephants’ massive ears are one of their most distinguishable characteristics. Alongside their long trunks, an elephant’s big ears are the first thing we see. These large ears easily give elephants a ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...

The Secret Life of Elephants follows the intimate stories of individual elephants as they struggle to raise their families, avoid conflict and forge alliances. An elephant family called The Royals.

"Andrew pulled together an amazing team of engineers, materials scientists, and neuroscientists from five different research groups and led us on an exhilarating three-year-long journey to discover ...

An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000 whiskers covering ...

In 2020, more than 350 African savanna elephants mysteriously died in Botswana’s Seronga region in just two months. Many of the carcasses were found near seasonal water pans, raising alarms about ...

When Mark and Delia Owens settled in Zambia, they found elephants and other wildlife decimated by poachers; the local villagers, who depended on the wildlife, were driven to desperate acts--including ...

Photograph by National Geographic Channels/Holly Spearing The Secret Life of Elephants follows the intimate stories of individual elephants as they struggle to raise their families, avoid conflict and ...