In 218 B.C., General Hannibal, who commanded the forces of Carthage in northern Africa, launched a daring trek crossing the Alps to capture Rome. With him were an estimated 40,000 soldiers, 7,000 ...

Imagine, for a moment, you are a Roman soldier at war. In the midst of battle, you are confronted with an enormous and loudly trumpeting creature you've never seen before. It appears to have sharp ...

Elephants head towards hay delivered by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) Ranger Josphat Wangigi (not seen) at the Amboseli National Park as feed-aid for forage deprived herbivores hard hit by drought on ...

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you measure it. As humanity leaves its mark on more of the African savanna, we ...

Elephants are revered in Sri Lanka. There are more than 7,000 of them, and most of them live freely across the island, near villages and farms. But that intermingling is triggering deadly conflict, ...

People first tamed elephants to use them in agricultural tasks, like clearing trees to create new farmland. In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They ...

Researchers discovered an elephant bone in Spain possibly linked to the Second Punic War, according to a January 2026 study. The bone, found at the Colina de los Quemados site in Cordoba, Spain, in ...