Born in the early hours of a chilly February morning and weighing 308 pounds, Linh Mai is the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Recent research analyzing elephant genomes across multiple countries found a surprising pattern. In many areas, elephants ...

As the zoo celebrates its 200th birthday, photographer David Levene captures the people keeping their (sometimes very dangerous) patients healthy and happy. Introduction: Patrick Barkham ...

Somewhere in the borderlands of West Africa, a small herd of forest elephants feeds in a fragment of lowland rainforest ...

In the wild and even in suburban backyards all over the country, meeting animals can go from calm to scary in a matter of ...

There were fears for the future of very rare species, such as roseate terns, when an outbreak hit their only UK breeding ...

The largest genomic study of African elephants to date has found that both species - savanna and forest elephants - remain in ...

Quick Take Ethical elephant tourist experiences generally involve observing from a distance, not touching or interacting.

Elephant calf Linh Mai, born at the National Zoo in February, will make her public debut April 22.

Swarna, an older female elephant, has been playing with and helping care for 2-month-old Linh Mai ...

In the largest genomic mapping of Africa's elephants to date, an international team of researchers shows that elephant ...

Many have highlighted the similarities between Linh Mai’s tale of woe and that of Punch, the macaque monkey who was abandoned ...