This frame grab image from video, provided by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, shows Shanthi, a 41-year-old Asian elephant, who was recently fitted with Washington’s largest pair of Teva boots for her ...

This is Episode Two of a four-part Fascination on really big birds. You can listen to Episode One here. Flora Lichtman (tape): For people who’ve never heard of an elephant bird, what do they need to ...

Imagine being on a safari in Kenya when you stumble across a herd of elephants grazing in the grass. You see a mom and two young calves, and of course, you stop to watch the little ones. Suddenly, the ...

Babe, Zina and Sophie — or as their caretakers sometimes call them, Big Head, Tiny and Sluffy — make up the elephant trio at the Little Rock Zoo. All of the girls are geriatric Asian elephants, and ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — When it comes to the niche business of moving elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best. The Egyptian veterinarian’s résumé includes possibly the most famous ...

The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has a movie star in its midst.Malaika, a female African elephant, arrived at the zoo in December after 21 years in the hands of a private owner - an animal trainer who found ...

Asian elephants bury their calves with their legs poking out of the ground, researchers have observed. The calves were 1 year old or less and were transported to premade burials of sorts — irrigation ...

The big elephant is very big and very lonely. Its loneliness is weighed in tons; its bigness is weighed in loneliness. Kaavan is his name, and he was the only Asian elephant in all of Pakistan until ...