No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A high-speed passenger train struck a herd of elephants in Assam state, killing seven and injuring a calf. Five ...

Indian elephants are one of three extant subspecies of Asian elephants. Smaller than African elephants, Indian elephants have convex backs with their highest body point on their heads. Males reach an ...

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in India. During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant ...

Engineer-turned-conservationist Seema Lokhandwala has developed an AI-powered device that listens for elephant vocalizations and plays sounds like tiger roars or buzzing bees to drive herds away from ...

Mumbai: Wildlife SOS has launched a campaign to free 300 begging elephants in the country by 2030. The wildlife conservation ...

A study on the genetic history of Asian elephants in India has revealed that there are actually five genetically distinct populations in the country, more than earlier estimates. These populations ...

“The elephants didn’t mean them any harm” explained a resident from Bannerghatta, India who has to be careful at night in case the animals trample them. It is about living with nature’s large ...

An excavator digs a pit to bury the carcass of an Asiatic wild elephant being removed from a railway track after a speeding train hit a herd of wild elephants in the early morning in Changjurai ...

Scientists studied stone tools, bone flakes and rare elephant remains at a middle Pleistocene site. Their findings shed light on the evolution of giant elephants and humans alike. During the late ...