In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male ...

The long history of human-elephant interaction has been a tug-of-war between adoration and abuse, as Scigliano's richly informative work ably demonstrates. Investigating the affinity that people ...

Key point: Would it have welcomed further foreign interference? In 1862, the King of Siam offered President Lincoln war elephants for the Civil War. Lincoln politely declined. But what if... “Major ...

Bangladesh is planning to declare a major elephant habitat in its northeast, which has recently seen a rise in human-elephant conflicts, a protected area. Bangladesh is one of the few countries home ...

Human-elephant conflicts were once concentrated in the border village of Bahundangi in eastern Nepal, but the problem has since spread to other villages further west as a result of rapid urbanization, ...

In the ancient world, perhaps no animal was as intimidating on the battlefield as a fully armored battle elephant. These ...