Zoo elephants frequently pack on extra pounds, so a Silicon Valley entrepreneur — to be assisted by Oakland zoo staff — is proposing an elephant fat farm. The planned reserve would help get ...

Fat elephant seals prioritize hiding themselves from predators during their vast, months-long foraging expeditions in the open ocean, while skinny seals need to take more risks until they're nice ...

In fat elephants, there is little distinction between the body and the backbone; the hip bones are not visible. On her score sheet, skinny elephants get 1′s and fat elephants get 5′s.

The researchers figured out the eating habits of the elephants by sequencing the plant DNA found in their dung. Stock image of a mother elephant and her baby in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Video footage from Nakhon Ratchasima in northeast Thailand shows the elephant, Plai Biang Lek, using his trunk to help himself to some snacks.

In other words, given that elephants all seemingly eat the same plants, it’s not obvious why competition for food doesn’t push them apart and force them to forage independently,” said Kartinel.