Elephant musth is a periodic condition in male elephants characterised by heightened testosterone levels, increased aggression, and the secretion of a thick, pungent fluid from their temporal glands.

At around 30 years old they begin a cycle of musth, a rutting period when they seek out females. A typical female, Moss discovered, may know as many as 100 other elephants. The matriarch, thanks to ...

one of the elephants involved in the tragedy that took place at Manakulangara temple at Koyilandy in Kozhikode, Kerala on February 13, was highly probable to enter musth, says the final report by R.

Elephants are massive, 12-foot-tall herbivores, while bears are smaller, 5-foot-tall carnivores. They differ in diet, behavior, and size, despite overlapping habitats.

Elephants are typically quite relaxed around people in vehicles so that makes them easy to film, however, musth bulls can be aggressive and filming them is another story. They are unpredictable ...

Invariably, during such pageants, some of the bull elephants which come from far and wide go into musth and have to be tied to trees, sometimes with iron stays. Picture shows a pen occupied by an ...

An elephant named Rohit, known for his role in Dasara celebrations, caused chaos in Bandipur forest on Wednesday after going ...

Additionally, male elephants experience periodic musth—a condition of elevated testosterone levels—making them extremely aggressive. During this time, tuskers may attack other elephants ...

According to Munnar Range Officer Biju S., the tusker’s sudden aggression is due the animal in musth, a natural phase in which male elephants experience heightened testosterone levels ...

The blood test results were sent to the chief veterinary officer in Kozhikode, who opined that Peethambaran had a testosterone level above the non-musth elephants' range of 1.84 ng/ml-5.35 ng/ml ...