There are roughly 3,800 captive elephants in Thailand. nong2/Getty Images In Thailand, it’s very easy to encounter an elephant. Some sites allow quiet observation, as you admire the massive animals ...

Thailand's most revered animal — the wild Asian elephant — has now become one of the country's biggest problems. Decades of deforestation and overdevelopment of natural habitat is pushing wild ...

Tim Bewer, 45, a Wisconsin native, has lived in Khon Kaen, Thailand, since 2007. Five years ago, Bewer, who contributes to Lonely Planet Thailand, and his wife, Suttawan Intarapanich, started Isan ...

If you ever get an opportunity to go to Thailand, chances are you'll come home with a souvenir with the country's national animal on it…the Asian elephant. Elephants are more than a point of pride in ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) Guests volunteering at the Elephant Nature Park don't have phone service or television, and Internet access is limited to a single area. But what they get instead of TV is ...

Meet the real life Tarzan – who has spent five years living in the jungle without contact with many people – tracking elephants. The 26-year-old German wildlife expert, named Mika Etowski, set up in ...