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 ...

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.

Elephants may vary what they eat for dinner every night – and have favourite foods – just like humans, new research suggests. It is well known that the animals eat leaves, yet figuring out ...

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