Elephant calves at Cincinnati Zoo develop strong antibody responses against EEHV after receiving an innovative mRNA vaccine.

China plans to overtake the United States by building the world’s largest national park system, a network of wilderness bigger than Texas. Although China only created its first national park ...

The two young male Asian elephants play in the pool at The Harry and Linda Fath Elephant Trek at the Cincinnati Zoo & ...

Elephants seem easy to figure out with their big bodies, long trunks, and always walking in slow groups. But they’re not simple animals. Behind the usual facts are habits, abilities, and instincts ...

Woolly mammoths - which have been extinct for thousands of years - could soon be brought back to life, with scientists ...

Elephant Calves For a baby elephant, switching to a diet of grass and leaves isn’t easy. Its stomach isn’t ready yet to break down tough plant material. To help, the calf eats its mother’s dung.

HOUSTON — You could choose to spend this Father’s Day weekend at the Houston Zoo celebrating a very special dad — Thailand, the Asian elephant, also known as Thai. Thai turns 60 on Monday ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo says Achara, a 10-year-old elephant, gave birth to Xerxes just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The zoo says Xerxes is the first offspring for parents Achara and Bowie, who is 11 ...

The new elephant, named Xerxes, is the fifth Asian calf and the first male born at the zoo; parents are Achara,10, and Bowie, 11. It’s always great to hear about births at the Oklahoma City Zoo ...

THIS IS EXCITING. THE OKLAHOMA CITY ZOO IS WELCOMING A NEW BABY ELEPHANT. XERXES WAS BORN TODAY, AND THE ZOO SAYS HE’S ACTUALLY THE FIRST MALE ASIAN ELEPHANT CALF THERE. LOOK HOW SWEET HE IS. THE ZOO ...