African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were only recognized as a species separate from the African savannah elephant ...

After months of being called nicknames, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has announced that the baby elephant born in October ...

It’s a question on the lips of anyone who has watched Reid Park Zoo’s baby elephant blow bubbles on a Facebook video. She is miniature, adorable, clumsy and darling, but what can we call her? Right ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The lead elephant in the 1980s film “Smokey and the Bandit 2” is among two new pachyderms at the Topeka Zoo. The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2caen4E ) reports that the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Hassan district of Karnataka, India has been a hotbed of human-elephant encounters for years and a challenge for forest authorities, who have ...

She was delivered to the zoo in 1952 along with four other young elephants. Ruaha was believed to be one year old at the time. A member of the zoo staff found her dead in the elephant enclosure on ...

Final blood test results show 4-year-old Malee died from a strain of the elephant herpes virus. Zoo Veterinarians now believe she caught the virus from one of the elephants that moved here from ...

An icon in Vietnamese culture, the Asian elephant is rarely spotted in that part of the world anymore. Since 1990, the elephant population in the country has plunged from 1,500 to 2,000 individuals to ...

The 46-year-old elephant was brought to the U.S. from Vietnam after the war. A New York State Trooper received the biggest shock of his career Sunday night while on patrol -- an 8,000-pound surprise, ...