Locals watch a herd of elephants gather near a rice field in Borkala village, Nagaon District, Assam, India, on December 7, 2023. In 2015, a 62-year-old man named Kunjumon Devasey from a remote ...

Conflict between elephants and humans is a growing, and potentially deadly, problem in some parts of India. Now, the state of Assam, a northeastern region famous for its rolling tea plantations, has ...

Indian elephants are one of three extant subspecies of Asian elephants. Smaller than African elephants, Indian elephants have convex backs with their highest body point on their heads. Males reach an ...

The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns people of incoming herds of wild elephants in an effort to reduce violent encounters between humans and the land giants.

A captive elephant went on a rampage during a temple festival at Kidangoor Sree Mahavishnu Temple in Kerala, India on May 1, ...

Nearly two dozen people were killed and 15 were injured by a large wild bull elephant that went on a 10-day rampage through several towns in eastern India, terrorizing locals who reportedly climbed ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several elephants have attacked two people across southern India in a ...

A study on the genetic history of Asian elephants in India has revealed that there are actually five genetically distinct populations in the country, more than earlier estimates. These populations ...

About 10 years ago, writer Kim Frank set out to learn why wild elephants were trampling people in India. She revealed a complex human-wildlife conflict. In India, the human-elephant conflict is a ...