A rice-eating wild elephant has become a cause for concern in the two Southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. There's a wild Tusker that reads Russian shops and homes in search of rice in recent weeks. The authorities in both the states have made efforts to move the elephant away from human settlements.

India's rice-eating wild elephant: Arikkomban, who killed 11 people, captured in Tamil Nadu

Translocating a wild animal in the hope of reducing potentially adverse man-animal interactions need not always yield effective results. The best example of this is the recent case from Kerala, where a wild tusker was translocated to a different region, after complaints of the elephant being a threat to the local people.

India: From 'Arikomban' in Kerala to 'Arisi komban' in Tamil Nadu- A wild tusker's journey

Indian elephant infamous for raiding rice shops and killing locals in the southern state of Kerala has been finally relocated to a tiger reserve 80 km away. The elephant Arikomban, which means ‘rice tusker’ in Malayalam, was tranquillised Saturday and shifted to the Periyar Tiger Reserve.

Over dozen police vehicles, one lorry, 122-km trip - how India's Kerala moved tranquilised tusker 'Arikomban'

Noor Jehan, a 17-year-old critically ill elephant, has died at Karachi Zoo, where several other animals are underfed and lacking care as a consequence of Pakistan's economic crisis.

Noor Jehan: Ailing elephant at Pakistan's Karachi Zoo dies

Pakistan's zoo is facing animal neglect accusations. Recently, a team of international vets rushed to Karachi Zoo to get an elephant back on its feet. Watch the story of 'Noor Jehan'.

Foreign vets rush to Pakistan to save an ailing elephant | Inside South Asia

Global warming is surely affecting the only planet we have. We all know this. Words like climate change and global warming make up a sizeable portion of our online news consumption in daily life.

Himalayas have lost glacier mass equal to weight of 570 million elephants: Study

The population of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, has been on a constant decline. A research that was initiated in an effort to pinpoint the contributing factors to this decline reveals pressures of extreme polygamy may be driving southern elephant seals to early death.

Pressures of 'extreme polygamy' causing decline in southern elephant seals population, reveals study

The remains of Gomphotheres - an extinct relative of the modern elephant - were found by scientists near Lake Tagua Tagua, a glacial lake in Cochamo, Chile. According to the researchers, the remains dates back around 12,000 years and suggests that the specie was quite dominant in the region.

Scientists discover 12000-year-old elephant remains in southern Chile

A team of Austrian veterinarians has performed a surgery on a female elephant in the port city of Karachi, relieving her of lingering pain caused by a broken tusk infection.

Elephant at Karachi zoo treated for an infected tusk

Myanmar state media announced on Wednesday (August 3) the birth of a rare white elephant in the western part of the country. In the Buddhist-majority country, many believe that to be an auspicious creature.

Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: State media

Experts are stumped and “powerless” as three Asian elephants died in a month after a deadly virus swept through Zurich’s zoo. Experts said that they don’t know how to stop the spread of a virus.

What is herpesvirus? Experts 'powerless' as deadly virus stalks Zurich zoo, kills 3 Asian elephants

In Thailand, a baby elephant was rescued from a manhole. His mother was sedated to allow the operation to save her baby in the Khao Yai National Park in Central Thailand.

WION Climate Tracker: Baby Elephant's dramatic rescue from manhole in Thailand

An elephant and her calf were rescued from a manhole in Thailand in a dramatic operation. The calf had fallen into the manhole, and the mother had refused to leave her baby's side, she had to be tranquilised. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: Thailand: Elephant and her calf rescued in a dramatic operation

Around 250 elephants are expected to be shifted to Kasungu National Park in Malawi by the end of July. Elephants will travel 350 km across Malawi.

WION Climate Tracker: A new home awaits endangered elephants

In a dramatic rescue, a baby elephant was fished out of a manhole while its mother had to be given CPR. A video of the dramatic rescue is doing the rounds on the internet and people are obsessed, rightfully so.

Watch: Cranes, CPR & more, dramatic video shows rescue operation involving a mother elephant and her calf

Is it possible for an animal to be considered a human being? Now, a New York court has given its judgment and the answer is an unequivocal 'NO'. A New York court has ruled that Happy the elephant who currently lives in Bronx zoo cannot be legally considered a person.

US court rules: Happy- the elephant is not a 'person'

A top court in the United States has delivered a landmark judgement in a case that argued whether human rights are also applicable for animals. The court in New York ruled that Happy, an elephant who is the resident of Bronx Zoo since the 1970s, cannot be considered a human being legally and as a result, the rights will not be the same for Happy as it is for a person.

Happy the elephant is not a person, New York court rules in major animal rights case

Are you fond of hilarious videos featuring animals? The ones that show these furry creatures doing one antic or the other? The world is full of weird incidents involving animals. But did you know that a number of court cases too had them as the perpetrator or the defendant? Here are some interesting ones.

Bees that are fish, to the elephant that's human: Five defining cases in animal rights

According to the experts, an elephant named 'Happy' is not happy at all. The 49-years-old is currently living in a one acre enclosure at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Soon she might be the first animal recognised to have personhood.

Case to free 'Happy' the elephant to be heard in New York court

An elephant named Happy is, in fact, anything but happy. And the state of the 51-year-old jumbo has caused consternation among the animal rights activists who have filed a habeas corpus plea at an appeals court in New York against her solitary confinement.

Happy the elephant is not happy! US court to weigh in habeas corpus for animal rights

Sri Lanka lost its most sacred elephant at the age of 68, triggering an outpouring of grief and a presidential order for his remains to be preserved and stuffed “for future generations”.

‘National treasure’: Sri Lanka’s sacred elephant dies at 68, prez orders state funeral

Conservationists are keeping their fingers crossed as they are cautious after the birth of rare elephant twins at a reserve in Kenya. The next couple of weeks will be crucial for Samburu's cute twins who became an internet sensation, captivating audiences globally.

'Fingers crossed': Conservationists hopeful over the survival of rare elephant twins

The story of a wild elephant which has been doing rounds on the internet has left netizens in complete awe. Sheldrick wildlife trust took to their official Instagram handle and posted a video of an elephant family.

Watch: Wild elephant returns to her rescue centre to show her new born calf

A herd of elephants in Santa Claus costumes brought gifts of face masks and hand sanitiser to primary school students in central Thailand on Christmas Eve.

Elephants in Santa costumes bring gifts to children in central Thailand

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