University of California

How elephant extinction threatens everything from rainforests to musical instruments

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ...
The Tufts Daily

From boxing to fasting to fighting, some elephants knew how to go down in history

All of us know and love Jumbo, but there are quite a few other elephants that have made their mark on history. For example, Pope Leo X had a white pet elephant, Hanno, a gift from King Manuel I of ...
The Olympian

Birth of baby elephant made history. See curious calf bond with mom at Indiana zoo

Seventeen years ago, an elephant named Zahara was born through artificial insemination. Now, Zahara has made history by giving birth to her baby boy, who was also conceived via artificial insemination ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

‘Preventing deaths’: An elephant at Fort Worth Zoo is making medical history. Here’s how

An elephant at the Fort Worth Zoo is making animal medical history Brazos, a two-year-old Asian elephant calf at the Fort Worth Zoo has received the endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) mRNA vaccine ...