This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

Many visitors to Thailand have seen how the Asian elephant can paint a picture by holding a paintbrush in their trunks. This may seem like AI trickery, but the elephant is really painting here.

Videos of elephants painting and playing have frequently gone viral on social media. Now, a new video has taken the internet by storm, astonishing viewers worldwide. In this video, a man stands on ...

A second elephant sculpture has been targeted by vandals a day after a charity art trail was launched. The piece, one of more than 70 elephants on show in parks, streets and open spaces in ...