From intimate portraits and intriguing glimpses of cultures across the world, the winning images from the Travel Photographer of the Year Awards have been revealed.

A big bull elephant descends the bank of the Mara river and proceeds to take a stroll in the water.

A carpal bone found in a destruction layer offers a glimpse into how the Carthaginian army used massive elephants to crush Roman lines.

Phlai Oyewan, a wild bull elephant, killed a tourist in Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park on Monday, marking the third ...

The conservation project was supposed to rebuild the elephant population. It became a cautionary tale instead. | World News ...

Nearly two dozen people were killed and 15 were injured by a large wild bull elephant that went on a 10-day rampage through several towns in eastern India, terrorizing locals who reportedly climbed ...

PESCADERO — 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, drawing ...

US Elephant Seals Elephant seals rest on a beach at Año Nuevo State Park, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Pescadero, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) (Copyright ...

During what park docent Laura Stern called "pupping season," bull seals—some reaching up to 16 feet (4.9 meters) in length and weighing up to 2.5 tons—engage in bloody battles for breeding access to ...

The other morning, over breakfast, our braintrust got into a discussion of the pistols we carry afield (not so much hunting platforms specific to hunting a particular quarry). In that regard, mine ...

An enraged elephant was captured in video tipping over a safari vehicle in South Africa, and several commenters were quick to blame rangers for the dangerous encounter. The video by @ankeschnepel and ...