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PILIBHIT: An 80-year-old woman was trampled to death by a tusker near the core forest area of Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary in Bahraich on Sunday in the third fatal human-elephant conflict in the ...

An 80-year-old woman was trampled to death by a tusker near the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Sunday, marking the third such fatality in the region since last ...

Baby elephant Linh Mai will meet the public starting on April 22 at the National Zoo. The Asian elephant calf, born on February 2, has been adjusting to her surroundings and herd mates away from ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) fights with a rival for control of a large harem of females during the breeding season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one expects an elephant to greet them in their backyard in the morning. And yet, that happened to the woman in this video. It ...

No one expects an elephant to greet them in their backyard in the morning. And yet, that happened to the woman in this video. It started out as just another regular morning, with this woman going into ...