An elephant herd at a popular water-hole in the Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, in 2014. Photo: Xu Lingui/Zuma Press The debate about hunting lions and elephants has just come roaring back.

When lions hunt elephants, they usually target youngsters or females, and they almost always attack from behind. They circle round a straggler, jump onto its back and flanks (out of way of the ...

Even a single male can overpower a young elephant. Between 1994 and 1997, Dereck Joubert found that the lions of Botswana's Chobe National Park were getting better and better at hunting elephants.

In the above encounter, neither the elephant nor the lion appears to be happy about running into each other. Although coalitions of lions have been known to hunt elephants, an elephant is far too ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and hunting advocates say that hunting big animals like elephants and lions brings in money that countries use for conservation and anti-poaching programs and ...

Conservationists have slapped the Interior Department and USFWS with suits challenging their “case-by-case” trophy hunting policy and a new advisory council.

Clash Between Lions, Rhinos, and Elephants Has Surprise Ending When the life of a calf is on the line, it might be surprising who comes out the victor.

Study Over the last few years, facilities such as zoos or national parks have increased human-animal interaction. A team of ...

In the face of such hunting – and other significant threats including habitat loss, and retaliatory killings – African lion populations have declined by 60% over the past 30 years.

What Elephants, Zebras and Lions Do When They Think No One’s Watching The stunning results when a photographer uses remote cameras to capture Africa’s great beasts ...