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Female African elephant Kenya walks toward the right side of the frame. Her left foot is lifted as she walks

Kenya’s Personality Shined Through

December 17, 2025

Kenya was a distinctive elephant. She was a big girl with big ears and a super-big personality. Her energy wound its way across the sanctuary, and she seemed able to access such great joy, even after decades of confinement. We believe that we witnessed her becoming more in touch with…...

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Close up of female Asian elephant Guillermina showing the wrinkles on the top of her nose.

EleFact Friday: Puzzling Solutions

November 7, 2025

Elephants are problem solvers by nature and many have come up with ideas to do things like use their tusks to dig for water, look for specific roots and plants that might have medicinal properties, and use tools such as sticks and rocks to help them with tasks. They also…...

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EleFact Friday: Siblings Help

March 7, 2025

Happy EleFACT Friday. Today we want to share some results of a recent study which indicates that young female elephants highly benefit from having older siblings, particularly sisters, which contributes to lengthening their life expectancy. ...

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EleFact Friday: Awareness and Recognition

January 31, 2025

Happy EleFact Friday. We all know by now that elephants are emotional beings, highly intelligent and in tune with their feelings. We can add to this list of amazing mental and emotional capabilities the ability to be self-aware. ...

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Ask Us Anything With Scott and Kat – Episode 2

January 27, 2025

As part of our Ask Us Anything series, today we’re featuring a video from Scott and Kat answering the big question of “Do you think elephants have a big picture awareness that helps them on the path to healing?” As Scott replies in his response: let’s go deep. Watch now…...

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EleFact Friday: Can You Hear the Rain?

January 17, 2025

Happy EleFACT Friday. We’ve mentioned in the past that elephants seem to love the rain, getting extra active when it starts to storm. But do they know when rain is coming?...

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