Elephants cruise on four-wheel drive and bendy knees using a gait different from most quadrupeds, a new study shows. Whereas most four-legged animals use their front legs to stop and their back legs ...

Motola, an elephant who lost a foot and part of her leg when she stepped on a land mine 10 years ago, happily if tentatively stepped out Sunday after being fitted with an artificial limb. In her first ...