Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Instagram Grief is not a uniquely human expression, and the emotional lives of animals may be far richer than many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Elephants consistently display unique behaviors around the ...

They say an elephant never forgets, but how much truth is behind this adage? In reality, elephants truly do have incredible memories! This video shows us just how well elephants can remember — and how ...

It's true elephants don't forget. When 34-year-old Asian elephant and former Northwest pachyderm Tina died last week, her mates appeared to remember her with an unusual display of elephant mourning ...

Bhopal: Deeply anguished over the death of its companion due to electrocution, an elephant, named Bharat, refused to move from the mishap site, leading the forest officials to launch a rescue ...