There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...
Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Elephant Valley, a 13-acre-plus savanna at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, will bring guests so close to elephants ...
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 ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Hannibal’s use of elephants during the Second Punic War is one of the most iconic images of ancient warfare, but evidence of these battle elephants ...
The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wild bull elephant killed a tourist exercising near his tent on Monday at a national park in Thailand, making him the third ...
It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...
Authorities are now considering what to do with the elephant Getty A tourist was killed by a wild bull elephant in Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, Feb. 2, according to news reports ...
A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal. The 65-year-old Thai tourist from ...
Over the years, there have been reports of human and elephant conflict, with estimates of the number of people killed by elephants reaching as high as 500. Researchers have linked these clashes to ...
Jan. 13 (UPI) --Indian officials are hunting a wild elephant with a single tusk that they said killed at least 20 people this month in one of Asia's biggest Sal forests. The deaths happened in the ...