Elephant seals are the largest animals in North America. They spend most of their lives in the open sea and are a top predator in the Pacific Ocean, where they live and can survive depths of up to ...

Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world ... Jumbo was the first African elephant anyone in North America had ever seen. Over his lifetime it is estimated that more than 20 million ...

Deep inside the American Museum of Natural History in ... Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? How did he die? And was he suffering from tuberculosis? Untouched for decades, Jumbo ...

America's circus history, Mr. Vail says, began in 1720 with the arrival in Boston of a "lyon." Devotees of the "big top" first suffered a setback when "Old Bet," the second elephant to reach this ...