Ethical tourism has been gaining traction for years. One of the attractions that has consistently made headlines for all the wrong reasons is elephant rides. But now, elephants are getting a ...

Earlier this month, a photo of Pai Lin made the viral rounds. The image of the septuagenarian female illustrated the dark and painful underbelly of elephant tourism in Thailand. The Asian elephant's ...

Remember “weaselpecker?” That viral photo from March of a weasel “riding” on the back of a woodpecker in flight? The dramatic encounter was likely a predatory attack gone awry, scientists said. It was ...

Remember “weaselpecker,” that hard-to-believe photo of a weasel riding a bird, Rescuers-style? Those types of animal interactions go viral because they seem rare to us. Yet the phenomena of species ...

Elephants stand behind a fence, serving as a tourist attraction near Namuang Waterfall on Koh Samui in Thailand© Margarita Young/Shutterstock.com Ethical tourism has been gaining traction for years.