The highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament is celebrating its twelfth anniversary in the royal seaside town of Hua Hin from August 28th – September 1st 2013 and promises to have a tonne of ele-fun activities both on and off the field. The four day festival has something for everyone including a spectacular opening parade, celebrity matches, Chang Noi [...]

What was once the world’s largest family of mountain gorillas, the Nshongi, located in the southern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, has been reconfigured into three families. At the same time, another band, the Kahungye, has split into two. “These additions bring the total family groups in this sector to five, meaning more gorilla permits and more tracking [...]

  While Americans celebrate Mother’s Day just once a year in our human realm, every day is Mother’s Day for elephants! Completely matriarchal, elephant societies are led by the oldest and largest mother in the family, and the entire herd is made up of other mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts. Watching these closely-knit elephant families play, work, feed and care [...]

“Saving the White Lions,” the new book by South African lion conservationist Linda Tucker, recounts the efforts to save Africa’s most sacred animals, who are on the brink of extinction. Linda has successfully re-wilded three prides of rare white lions to their endemic South African bushveld region, the heart of what the U.N. calls the world’s third largest biosphere. Her [...]

This little baby elephant really enjoys cuddling and playing with people.

Wildlife viewing specialist Wild Planet Adventures recommends eight of the world’s most extraordinary yet little-known wildlife parks for nature lovers’ bucket lists. “These parks are in some instances as endangered as the animals and flora/fauna they harbor,” said Josh Cohen, company director. His company, founded in 1991, supports wild and remote places where travelers can fulfill lifetime dreams of seeing [...]

The votes are in! Defenders of Wildlife received thousands of fantastic photos of wildlife and wild lands in this year’s photo contest, and had their supporters vote for their favorites. It was close competition, but here are the winners of Defenders of Wildlife’s 4th annual photo contest. The grand prize winner — with more than 12,000 votes — was a great photo of [...]

Cows may seem like simple creatures — most of us have seen them grazing with seemingly not a care in the world. Well, there’s more to these ruminants than meets the eye. Here are 14 facts you probably haven’t heard about cows: 1. Most people think that cows have four stomachs. That’s actually not true. They have just one stomach [...]

The Buffalo Zoo in New York debuted its newest polar bear cub, Luna.

Have you ever wondered whether it’s true that elephants never forget, or if they really are one of the smartest animals on earth? Anantara Golden Triangle Resort & Spa is home to Asia’s premier elephant camp and a permanent elephant intelligence research program. The Golden Triangle Elephant Researcher Experience has been created so that ele-enthusiasts can study elephant behaviour and [...]