The symbiotic relationship between the elephant riders, called mahouts, of Southeast Asia and their gargantuan mounts is colored with compassion and, at times, cruelty. As geographer Jacob Shell’s ...

Burnt Hills, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Matt Shell battled and beat squamous cell mouth cancer in 2006. Just three years later, his son Jacob had to prepare for an even tougher challenge. Jacob was diagnosed ...

Catching elephants -- Powers of trunk and mind -- Muddy exodus -- A counterpoint in Africa -- Breakable chains -- Strange behaviors -- Camps and villages -- Pencil lines on a map -- Flood relief ...

With details at once compelling and disturbing, geographer Jacob Shell describes the lives of the elephants of mountainous Myanmar and... Working elephants of mountainous Myanmar and northeastern ...