In Amboseli, Esau’s moment has arrived. As other males circle, he relies not on force, but on skill and restraint -- while younger elephants watch and learn what it takes to mate. Nature is available ...

• During courtship, a male and a female elephant will rub their bodies on each other and even wrap trunks. The females tend to run away from the males and he will have to pursue her. This game of cat ...

PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California's Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, ...

Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. It's elephant seal mating and birthing ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...