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Asian elephant calf Linh Mai with "auntie" Swarna at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C.(Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo) A baby Asian elephant is expected to begin welcoming visitors to the ...

Learn more: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/asian-elephant-pregnant-smithsonians-national-zoo-and-conservation-biology-institute. For the first time in nearly 25 ...

The newest member of the Oklahoma City Zoo family: A healthy male Asian elephant calf, the zoo says. The Oklahoma City Zoo says Achara, a 10-year-old elephant, gave birth to Xerxes just before 7 a.m.

Smithsonian’s National Zoo is all abuzz with excitement because first-time elephant mom Nhi Linh is pregnant. With a window for birth from mid-January to early March, the calf could come any day now.

A Thai elephant checks out a cattle brush in an experiment showing that elephants living near farms are more interested in exploring unfamiliar objects — a curiosity that may put them in harm’s way.

The Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. is preparing for the birth of a large “charismatic and charming” animal: an Asian elephant calf. Zoo officials announced Monday morning that an Asian elephant is ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Elephants that live near farms are more daring than their deep-forest counterparts, and that behavior could be the key to helping people and elephants get along. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...