Elephants

Spot Report: Meet the two elephants doubling up as bodyguards of cheetahs in Kuno

Two jumbos have been moved from Madhya Pradesh’s Satpura Tiger Reserve to protect the eight cheetahs in Kuno. So far, they have successfully driven away four leopards who had entered the special enclosures

Coming soon to India, the first elevated wildlife corridor: What is it?

The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway boasts of the country’s first and Asia’s largest elevated wildlife corridor. Spanning across 12 kilometres, it will allow for unrestricted movement of wild animals, including elephants

Explained: The deadly virus that has killed three elephants at Zurich zoo

Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, which results in internal bleeding and organ failure, has killed three Asian elephants in a month at the Zurich zoo. Experts say they do not know how to stop the spread of the virus

Explained: How Assam floods have endangered animals at Kaziranga National Park

The floods in Assam, which have already claimed the lives of 108 people, has caused a watery mess at Kaziranga National Park, leaving 18 per cent of the area submerged

Watch | Elephant herd splashes in mud to beat heat wave, see video here

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan posted a video on his Twitter handle that shows an elephant herd standing in and around a water body filled with muddy waters.

Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump

Change the excerpt to: Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants, after two more were found dead over the weekend

Elephants in Mozambique may never develop tusks due to civil war, constant poaching finds study

Genes are responsible for whether elephants inherit tusks from their parents, once rare occurance, it has become more common — like a rare eye colour becoming widespread.

Into the wild: Rana Daggubati, Shriya Pilgaonkar on new jungle film Haathi Mere Saathi

"If I want people to watch my movies, I want to offer them an experience, of a kingdom (Baahubali), something underwater (The Ghazi Attack), or a jungle (Haathi Mere Saathi)," says Rana Daggubati.

Oil massages, fruit, jaggery: What Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve's working elephants do on vacation

A seven-day rejuvenation camp, has been organised to provide respite to the animals from their daily hard work and send out a message that they are equally important in the ecosystem

Watch: Video of baby elephants enjoying mud bath in Kenya goes viral

Mud baths help form a layer on elephants' skin that protects them from the harsh rays of the sun as well as insect bites