The Philadelphia Zoo has a new, old attraction. In one of the zoo’s largest undertakings to date, the 1940s era Paul Cret pachyderm house, which used to house elephants, hippos and rhinos, has been ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — At the Barcelona Zoo, a 40-year-old African elephant places her foot through the metal barrier where a zookeeper gently scrubs its sole — the beloved pachyderm gets her ...

Elephants have long been iconic symbols of circuses, but circuses visiting Los Angeles may have to cross the majestic animals off their list of attractions. Elephants have been iconic symbols of ...

NEW YORK – On a gray day in mid-June, at the edge of a leafy enclosure in the Bronx Zoo’s Wild Asia habitat, an elephant named Happy stood very still, gazing over the fence. There were a few logs ...

WINSTON — Through a paint-soaked sponge handed to her, African elephant Tava painted a series of ornaments in her signature unswerving style for Wildlife Safari's Elephant Elves event on Saturday.

The Los Angeles City Council has ruled: The elephant stays in the picture. Just a month ago, council members temporarily halted construction on the Los Angeles Zoo’s $42-million Pachyderm Forest ...

LOS ANGELES -- Cheers and applause erupted at City Hall on Wednesday as the Los Angeles City Council voted to continue construction of the Pachyderm Forest at the zoo, despite calls from opponents to ...

Elephants have a number of favorite foods – jelly beans, watermelons and, sometimes, even pumpkins. This time of year, pumpkins are a plenty. But a pumpkin of pachyderm proportions – 635 pounds †...

MOUNT PLEASANT — The only known TV station pachyderm mascot is up for a place in the town historic marker program, but first officials need someone with a memory like an elephant to tell them what ...

Just two days after announcing their own festival at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Trampled by Turtles have also let roll the details of their upcoming album. It's titled "Wild Animals" and will be ...

When one of the residents of the National Zoo in Washington recently revealed her love of music to zookeepers there, some ears perked up. Shanthi, a 36-year-old Asian elephant loves playing (with) her ...