On July 28, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, @Chǒuméngmèimeihéshuàiqìgēgē shared a video from the Chiang Mai Elephant Camp. In ...

While Thailand had about 50,000 Asian elephants in 1950, there are only 3,500 alive today — most found in sanctuaries and national parks.

Elephants, Thailand’s national animal, have seen their wild population decline in recent decades due to threats from tourism, logging, poaching and human encroachment on elephant habitats. Experts ...

BANGKOK — A well-known elephant sanctuary in Thailand appealed for help on Friday after torrential flash floods forced the evacuation of about 100 elephants.

The patient lay prone on the operating table.The operating theatre was the final stop, for a vasectomy to allow Yong to join ...

Mother, Chamchuri, stand with newborn elephant twins female, left, and male, right, in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, Monday, June 10, 2024. Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby ...

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to ...

Their mother, Chamchuri, gave birth to the pair on the night of June 7 at a camp in Thailand’s ancient capital Ayutthaya, a popular tourist destination 50 miles north of Bangkok. Twin elephant ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A hungry wild elephant caused havoc in a grocery store in Thailand on Monday when he strolled in from a nearby national park and helped himself to food on the shelves.

Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male, the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. (AP Photo/Nathathaida Adireksara) Expand ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy.