An Asian elephant calf named Sam Houston recently took his first swim at the Fort Worth Zoo.Video released by the zoo shows the calf splashing through the water alongside his mother.

1/ Today at Ichikawa City Zoo, life and death met in the most heartbreaking way.A young mother macaque gave birth to a tiny baby, but the newborn was extremely weak and struggling to hold on. Zookeepers noticed immediately and stepped in to rescue the little one, giving it urgent care.2/ Now the mother sits alone.She refuses to let go of her baby. She has been holding her child since the moment it was born, unable to accept the loss. The sight of her gently cradling her lifeless infant has left