Kenya’s elephant population has doubled in the last three decades, in part due to a crackdown on poachers and ivory smugglers, authorities announced at an event marking World Elephant Day Wednesday.

Gluay Hom spent years chained up inside a barren enclosure in Thailand Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife.

World Elephant Day 2025: The World Elephant Day is observed every year on August 12 to celebrate one of the most intelligent animals, capable of demonstrating human traits like empathy, self-awareness ...

Almost every night, Tyler Nuckols can hear fireworks and shouting—not celebrating a holiday or marking an occasion, but trying to drive elephants back into the forest. In Ruam Thai, Thailand, where ...

Motty, a unique elephant hybrid, remains one of the most fascinating and tragic stories in the animal kingdom. Known as the “world’s rarest elephant,” Motty was the only confirmed hybrid between an ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bangladesh has a resident population of about 270 Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), considered critically endangered within the country.

Baby’s first mud wallow — it’s a milestone marker in the elephant world. Reid Park Zoo’s baby elephant Mapenzi decided to get in for the first time on her 4-month birthday. Also in the last month, ...

Fifteen elephants and a fashion parade, and some cake too. In the 'elephant village' in Jaipur there were special celebrations to mark World Elephant Day. Social Justice Minister Avinash Gehlot looked ...