From cooling their massive bodies to strengthening social bonds, elephants use mud baths as a versatile tool to stay comfortable, healthy, and happy in their often harsh environments. For these very ...

Imagine a parched African savannah, the earth cracked and dry, the grass brittle beneath sweltering sun—yet, amidst this ...

An elephant died yesterday, 22 days after being rescued from a mud trap inside the Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram. The 40-year-old female elephant had been stuck in ...

The millions of micrometer-wide fractures in elephants’ skin retain mud and water after mud baths, helping the animals stay hydrated between trips to the water hole. Evaporation from the mud and ...

Thailand national park rangers stumbled across a herd of baby elephants that could not climb out of a steep mud pit. After staying with the group in Thap Lan national park overnight, the rangers ...