It can seem that the news is frequently packed with amazing and uplifting elephant stories, those tales that feature adult elephants helping a baby elephant out of a pond or employing sounds that ...

Decorated elephants for parade at the annual festival in Siva Temple, Cochin, India© Aleksandar Todorovic/Shutterstock.com In India, elephants are not just animals; they are iconic figures, deeply ...

The elephants enjoyed a custom "fruit" cake and played in the Asian elephant yard which was colorfully decorated with tissue paper flowers, a birthday banner, vibrant "present" boxes, a tiered stack ...

Chhath Puja is a festival of devotion, purity, and harmony with nature. Among the many sacred rituals, the tradition of offering clay elephants holds a special place in the hearts of devotees. Every ...