Each herd is led by the oldest female elephant, the matriarch, which decides where to move, eat and rest. "Without a doubt, China is the safest place for Asian elephants to live," said Zheng ...

The story of human interactions with elephants in ... I imagined seeing a herd there. The young ones would be sniffing the air in an exploratory way. The matriarch would be standing her ground ...

Myself and the rest of the film crew were trapped. Our trusty van was parked nearby, but we were stuck, hiding in some bushes. A herd of Asian elephants were just a stone’s throw away, and they ...

The tranquility of night is shattered by rumbling trumpets of a herd of 80 wild elephants - led by a matriarch and a tusker, its ivory glinting in the moonlight. As the herd moves into the fields ...

However, there's no need for concern. Round "googly eyes" are totally normal among infant pachyderms (Just look at Teddy when he was born in 2021). "Newborn elephants, like Kirby, are born with ...