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It’s been a summer of international visitors in Boston. First, the Tartan Army (an estimated 20,000 kilt-clad Scottish fans, as rowdy as they were endearing, in Boston for the World Cup). And now, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For days, we met farmers as they prepared for the spring rice sowing season in central Sri Lanka. They told me and my Sri Lankan colleague Susitha Fernando about elephants trampling their crops, and ...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is investigating the deaths of 15 elephants in the Amboseli savannah ecosystem, near the border with Tanzania. KWS told Mongabay that some preliminary laboratory ...

The deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya's Amboseli National Park have sparked an investigation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. The Kenya Wildlife Service said 10 of the pachyderms ...

Elephants can communicate with other elephants across distances of up to five kilometers (3 miles) by producing sounds that travel through the air. However, they have a second way of sending signals: ...

If drought in an area persists longer, elephants move closer to areas near human settlements. This is the finding of research by biologist Irene Bouwman of Radboud University. During short-term ...

In his potent feature debut, premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, Abinash Bikram Shah humanizes and empowers Nepal’s Kinnar women. She’s a member of a Kinnar community — legally recognized as ...

Tucker has a habit of soaking zoo visitors who get too close to the water's edge. Nelson nearly didn’t survive his first hour of life. Both elephants are now leaving the Houston Zoo. Visitors didn't ...

Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant. Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his journey is ...