WASHINGTON — This year, spring showers brought a special April flower to Washington, D.C. — a 2-month-old Asian elephant named Linh Mai, or "spirit blossom" in Vietnamese. Subscribe to read this story ...

A new elephant calf makes her debut at the National Zoo on Tuesday, in celebration of Earth Day! The Asian elephant, Linh Mai, is the first one born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Linh Mai was born in ...

A two-month-old baby elephant who was rejected by her mother shortly after birth is making her public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Wednesday, April 22. Linh Mai, or "spirit blossom" in ...

An older female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo is raising the herd's newest addition – a 2-month-old calf – after the baby was rejected by her mother. The National Zoo confirmed the ...

There’s a new superstar in the making at the National Zoo: Linh Mai, an Asian elephant calf, was born Feb. 2. The smallest member of the zoo’s herd, which includes her parents, Spike and Nhi Linh, ...

When the National Zoo’s female elephant calf, Linh Mai, saw zookeeper Megan Mrozinski with a big bottle of formula Tuesday morning, the animal hurried after her. It was 11:15. Feeding time. Mrozinski ...

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — D.C.'s Smithsonian National Zoo Asian elephant calf, Linh Mai, made her long-awaited public debut Wednesday, coinciding with Earth Day. The calf, the first Asian elephant born at ...

Linh Mai weighed 308 pounds when she arrived. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her. And the team keeping her alive hasn’t stopped since. A critically endangered Asian elephant calf named Linh Mai ...

The D.C. area has been waiting two and a half months to see her, and on Wednesday, they finally were able to meet the Smithsonian National Zoo’s newest Asian elephant calf. Visitors lined up early ...

Swarna, an older female elephant, has been playing with and helping care for 2-month-old Linh Mai Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty A baby elephant at the Smithsonian's National Zoo has ...

Since her birth in early February, the calf has been growing and beginning to bond with her care team and herd. She will go on view in-person and online starting April 22 Carlyn Kranking | Associate ...

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, teamwork and a calculated kill. By Franz Lidz When a 125,000-year-old elephant ...