The Supreme Court's recent remark that using elephants in temple celebrations is part of our culture highlights how selectively we understand culture. Yes, elep ...

Shot on 35 mm black-and-white film, The King of the White Elephant was produced in 1940 by Pridi Banomyong, a prominent Thai political figure who, on the eve of global conflict, intended the ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) --Lin Wang, an 86-year-old Asian elephant taken prisoner by Chinese troops in World War Two, died of old age on Wednesday at Taipei Zoo. In his youth the venerable beast ...

He wasn’t the only elephant; A-Lan (阿蘭) and A-Pei (阿沛) were also on board. The trio had been through hell since they’d been captured by the Japanese Army in Myanmar to transport supplies during World ...

What was seen as a mismatch earlier - with the Azkals ranked 150th in the world and the War Elephants at 97th - did not stop the hosts from hitting the favourites for a six. It was the first time ...

Two-part documentary seris in which Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores what can be done to stop the killing of African elephants for their ivory.