Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill was met with an unexpected moment on the Jersey Shore boardwalk this week ...

A legal case is asking the courts to grant limited legal personhood to one elephant. But there might be a better way to change her life.

New York’s highest court rejected an effort by an animal-rights group to free an elephant named Happy from the Bronx Zoo and moved her to a sanctuary.

Happy or stressed? What's the distressing reality behind viral 'dancing baby elephant' video A viral video of a 'dancing elephant' sparked debate on elephant captivity, with experts revealing the ...

In “Happy Feet Two,“ there’s precious little of what gave the original “Happy Feet“ its incongruous, yet infectious charm: a tap-dancing penguin.

And of them, 150 gather every two years in Washington, D.C., for the Young Republican Leadership Conference, a long weekend in the spring during which the next generation of candidates, wonks, and ...

The nonhuman rights movement suffered a blow Tuesday after New York's highest court ruled Happy the elephant is not a “person." The 5-2 decision from the New York Court of Appeals determined ...

The locally based dancer-choreographer’s 50-minute opus, ‘There Is an Elephant in This Dance,” had its Los Angeles premiere Thursday at REDCAT (and runs through Sunday).

Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged ...