Field rangers in parts of Africa, who monitor elephant herds, began to notice something unusual. Some of the females in certain herds looked different. Specifically, whereas long ivory tusks normally ...

Update on Elephant Born in a Concrete Pit Has Us Crying Happy Tears originally appeared on PetHelpful. Global Sanctuary for Elephants has been sharing the stories of some of their rescued elephants to ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

It’s not every day that an endangered species welcomes a new individual in the safety and security of one of the world’s greatest zoos. Last week, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

The Fort Worth Zoo's elephant dynasty just got a tiny heavyweight. On Friday, the zoo announced the birth of a female Asian elephant, the first such calf born there since 2013. The not-so-little ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ZURICH (AP) — A 19-year-old Asian elephant ...

A mother elephant recently gave birth to twins in Sri Lanka. And that’s much rarer than you’d think. Twenty-four-year-old Surangi, an elephant at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, gave birth to two ...

A female Asian elephant calf was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this month. She was born early Monday morning, and walking just hours later! Fans can help ...