Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up to 13 feet tall. Their Asian relatives, Elephas maximus, rank next on ...

Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world’s first care home for destitute ...

Create a giant, foaming reaction that will astound kids with this Elephant Toothpaste Science Experiment. This simple science experiment is a another erupting science that thrills kids of all ages.

“We’ve been giving Rose and her baby plenty of room to bond so it took a while before we were 100% sure she’d had a girl,” said Steve Lefave, who oversees the zoo’s elephant ...

Adopting an elephant helps to support Born Free’s work in preventing elephants’ mistreatment and endangerment. We work to stop elephants from being poached and killed for their ivory, as well as ...

One more person was killed in an elephant attack in Kerala’s Wayanad Wednesday, bringing the total number of such deaths in the state in the last 48 hours to four. This comes at a time when the Kerala ...

No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf in the city of Giritale, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Daily News reported Thursday.

(KOIN) — The Oregon Zoo has officially named Rose-Tu’s baby! The zoo announced Thursday morning that the young Asian elephant calf will be named Tula-Tu, a name that they say fits her well.

The Oregon Zoo has determined that the newest member of its Asian elephant herd is indeed a girl, and given her a name: Tula-Tu. Oregon Zoo director Heidi Rahn made the announcement live on NBC ...

Military analysts have dubbed the present, which coincided with Russia's completing delivery of six fighter jets to Myanmar, as part of "elephant diplomacy" between two governments viewed dimly in ...

In this photo provided by Zoos Victoria on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, handler Tayla Newman interacts with female elephant calf Aiyara, at Melbourne Zoo, Australia, as they train in a shipping container ...