Elephants are celebrities in India’s Hindu temples – and now the robots are coming - PETA and other nonprofits have donated ...

The animatrons, crafted from fibreglass, iron and rubber, are intended to take the place of live elephants in Hindu temples ...

The new man-made creatures come after rising concerns about abuse and a number dangerous incidents involving the animals.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Bangladesh has a resident population of about 270 Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), considered critically endangered within the country.

Visitors will be able to get close to — and even touch — 100 life-size sculptures of Indian elephants which are beginning a cross-country journey. The Great Elephant Migration traveling art exhibition ...

In central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year. Boots crunch on ...

India's wild elephant population estimates have dropped sharply by a quarter, a government survey incorporating a new DNA system has found, marking the most accurate but sobering count yet. India is ...

A herd of 100 life-size elephant sculptures, handcrafted by 200 Indigenous artisans from South India, made their Miami debut as part of “The Great Elephant Migration”—a global public art and ...

Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam early Saturday, local ...

GUWAHATI, India — Seven wild Asiatic elephants were killed and a calf was injured when a high-speed passenger train collided with a herd crossing the tracks in India's northeastern state of Assam ...