An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For more than a century, Vatsala stood. Through wars and heatwaves, bureaucracies and ...

Vatsala, believed to be Asia's oldest known elephant, has passed away. Affectionately known as "Dadi" (Grandma in Hindi), she ...

Guinness World Record, though, still recognises the Asian elephant Lin Wang as the oldest at 86. Read more at ...

Vatsala, the world’s oldest known Asiatic elephant, passed away at the age of 109 at Panna Tiger Reserve due to age-related ...

Her death sparked an enormous outpouring of grief among wildlife enthusiasts, elephant lovers and forest officials. The ...

India's beloved grandmother 'Vatsala', believed to be Asia's oldest elephant, died on Tuesday. She breathed her last at the ...

Vatsala, thought to be the world's oldest elephant in captivity, has died at a wildlife sanctuary in India's Madhya Pradesh ...

Vatsala, believed to be Asia’s oldest elephant, passed away on Tuesday at the age of over 100 at Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger ...

A 100-year-old elephant, said to be Asia ’s oldest, died in a central Indian wildlife reserve on Wednesday, prompting a wave ...

Asia's oldest elephant, Vatsala, dies at Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, leaving behind a legacy of love and care.

Estimated to be more than 100 years old, Vatsala died in Hinouta range of Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

Vatsala, the Asia's oldest female elephant, who earned names -- Dadi Maa, Nani Maa in her life journey of more than 100 years ...