The decision comes weeks after the death of Happy, the elephant at the center of a landmark animal rights case ...

A beloved elephant who made a life in Gainesville and Tennessee after arriving from Thailand has died. Sissy was captured as a calf in Thailand and brought to the United States in 1969. She spent the ...

Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s 1-year-old Asian elephant who has stolen the hearts of many, now weighs over 1,300 pounds—more than ...

Alice, Ginny and Kate, the Roger Williams Park Zoo's beloved African elephant trio, will be moving down south next year.

Reports from animal welfare groups show that elephants in zoos often die decades earlier than those in the wild. The problem is not a single bad enclosure or one careless year. It is a system that ...

Asha the elephant gave birth to a healthy female calf at the Oklahoma City Zoo earlier than expected this June.

Zoo officials said they traveled to a Tennessee elephant sanctuary in June to assess its suitability for their 57-year-old elephant named Patty following years of pressure from animal rights activists ...

The Bronx Zoo is grappling with the recent death of an elephant named “Happy.” She was in its care for nearly 50 years. “Some of our keepers worked with her for more than 30 years," said Craig Piper, ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington announced Monday that Asian elephant Nhi Linh is pregnant, adding the zoo is "cautiously optimistic" its first elephant calf in 25 years ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

The move reflects a growing challenge for North American zoos.

Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.