Longform

In 1916, a down-on-its-luck traveling circus hung its star elephant. The crime? Murder.

The similarities between the reactions of elephants and humans to childhood trauma.

On imperialism, doubt and a day in colonial Burma.

Is it ever OK for zoos to display elephants? And if not, what should keepers do with them?

Nearly everything you could want to know about elephants, plus the metaphysical questions the animals raise about our own consciousness.

Riding rescued elephants through a wildlife park.