An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic ...

Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world, Jumbo was met by a record-breaking crowd and hauled up Broadway in his crate. More than a century after his death, mystery still swirls around Jumbo.

The government in the landlocked southern African country, home to the world’s largest elephant population, announced in July it had launched an investigation into the more than 300 deaths, collecting ...