An embryonic African elephant has been photographed in the womb - the result of pioneering artificial insemination by an Austrian zoo. The Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna says it is the first successful use ...

An African elephant at a Somerset zoo has received specialist dental care to safeguard its tusks, after keepers spotted a ...

With tusks that each weigh over 100 pounds and often scrape the ground, Africa’s last remaining “super tuskers” take center ...

David Bonde, now of Gilman and formerly of the Manitowoc area, went on an elephant hunt in Africa recently. The hunt, it turns out, ended up being more significant than he had first planned. Here’s ...

A frightening moment for a group of tourists in South Africa was caught on camera when an elephant approached their safari truck and partially lifted it up into the air. The incident happened March 18 ...

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta announced a new big-eared resident was coming to their African Savanna thanks to a new transfer from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan. According to zoo officials, Titan, a ...

Source: Esin Üstün, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Decades of research have emphasized the importance of matriarchs in leading elephant herds. A herd, made up of related female ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Schoenbrunn Zoo's director Dagmar Schratter unveiled the elephant image. [Photo:Reuters ...