An exhibition in Amsterdam explores the wandering life and untimely death of Hansken, an Asian elephant who became a spectacle in 17th-century Europe. By Nina Siegal AMSTERDAM — In Rembrandt’s 1638 ...

Hansken the elephant was an incredible creature. Not only could she sword fight, wave a flag, and put a hat on her head, the 17th century animal performer was also drawn by none other than Rembrandt ...

Scientists recently made the somewhat embarrassing discovery that one of the oldest, most widely referenced Asian elephant specimens on Earth is, in fact, an African elephant. But embarrassment gave ...

A new study shows that a pickled ’Asian’ elephant foetus that was used to name the species is actually African. A team of scientists has discovered that Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus unwittingly ...

Findings from a scientific historian at the University of Lincoln have helped experts at the Natural History Museum to designate an animal painted by Rembrandt as the new 'type specimen' for the Asian ...

3 David Hyde Pierce, Danielle Brooks, Ayo Edebiri and Jin Ha Will Lead YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Encores! A new study shows that a pickled 'Asian' elephant foetus that was used to name the ...

Henk Schiffmaker's needle whirrs as he tattoos the familiar lines of an elephant on Lilian Rachmaran's back. “Highbrow to lowbrow” is how the famous Dutch tattoo artist describes his latest project, ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Henk Schiffmaker’s needle whirrs as he tattoos the familiar lines of an elephant on Lilian Rachmaran’s back. “Highbrow to lowbrow” is how the famous Dutch tattoo artist describes his ...

AMSTERDAM — In Rembrandt’s 1638 etching “Adam and Eve in Paradise,” there are two symbols of good and evil. A dragon hovers over the couple as they contemplate the forbidden apple, representing the ...