Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors get a close-up view of an elephant eating during an Elephant Valley media preview. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) ...

Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger walks up close to African elephants cooling off at the dam.

Elephants are among the planet’s most majestic creatures, walking steadfastly through the savannas, forests and deserts of Africa and Asia. These gentle giants are also the largest living land mammals ...

Visitors get a close-up view of an elephant eating during an Elephant Valley media preview. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo ...

Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we come face to face with destruction, only the wreckage is beautiful. A long, winding path takes guests around and under ...

SAN DIEGO – Before we see elephants at Elephant Valley in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we come face to face with destruction, only the wreckage is beautiful. A long, winding path takes guests around ...