Rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to Asia's wild herds than the ivory trade, according to a report by a British-based conservation group.

Prominent elephant conservationist Daphne Sheldrick has died at the age of 83, a Kenya-based wildlife organisation has said.

An elephant has died and four others are recovering from injuries after a circus truck tipped over on a major road in Spain.

The Trump administration has decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport, despite presidential tweets decrying the practice as a "horror show".

An American investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade has been found stabbed to death in his home, Kenyan police said.

An elephant that was part of a Buddhist procession has attacked and killed a monk, police in Sri Lanka said.

This video shows the bond that can form between humans and animals.

A baby elephant has been rescued after getting itself stuck in a drain in Sri Lanka.

An elephant has killed a veterinarian as she was taking photos at a tourist spot on the Indonesian island of Java.

Kenyan wildlife officers have started stacking 105 tons of ivory and one ton of rhino horns to make 12 towers which are to be torched at the end of the month to encourage global efforts to help stop poaching of elephants and rhinos.

A Scottish tourist has been gored to death by an elephant that he and his 16-year-old stepdaughter were riding on the resort island of Samui, Thai authorities said.

Maybe he's channelling Dumbo.

Elephants are just the best.

And it's bloody adorable.

When a stick refuses to break, this elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo gives up in spectacular fashion.

Have you ever wanted to break something in frustration - or throw it across the room?