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 ...

Swarna, an older female elephant, has been playing with and helping care for 2-month-old Linh Mai Adam England is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE as a contributing writer in 2022 and ...

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, ...

The Viral photoshoot of an elephant painted pink by a foreign photographer in Jaipur continues to spark a heated controversy. Animal lovers criticising photographers for the shoot and calling this ...

Indian forest officials have started an investigation following social media outrage over a Russian photographer’s photoshoot for which a 65-year-old elephant was painted bright pink. Animal rights ...

There is no evidence to suggest that the elephant's death was linked to the photoshoot. A controversy has erupted in Jaipur after a foreign artist's photoshoot featuring an elephant painted bright ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the ABQ Biopark Zoo’s long-time favorite animals made a break for it. Security video from the BioPark shows how Alice the elephant escaped and how she spent her time ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – On what should’ve been a typical Sunday at the Albuquerque BioPark, a security call came in that sent shockwaves across the zoo. “At approximately 7.30 this morning, 52-year ...

GAS CARDS AND GIFT CARDS IN RECENT WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WORKERS AT THE BIOPARK THIS MORNING GETTING A SHOCK WHEN THEY FOUND ALICE, A 52 YEAR OLD ELEPHANT OUTSIDE OF HER ENCLOSURE, SEARCHING FOR A ...

In the backrooms of the sleek, modern Schöningen Research Museum in Germany, there are piles of old, mismatched cardboard boxes everywhere. These are the finds boxes from Lehringen, a hamlet 150 ...

The shipments were rushed to the National Zoo overnight, packed in dry ice for the 400-mile trip. A few pounds in weight, the containers went immediately into freezers until the contents could be ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...