Female elephants become sexually mature at 10 to 12 years of age; males at about 15. The gestation period is 22 months and females produce offspring every 4 to 6 years.

For a male that has grown up within a tight-knit elephant family, it’s a big social adjustment to live outside the family. He is not accustomed to isolation. Companionship is all he knows.

Trophy hunter kills Botswana's biggest "tusker" elephant 04:35. An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet's largest ...

While both male and female elephants can have tusks, you can expect African elephants to have more impressive tasks than Asian elephants. Another obvious difference between these two creatures is ...

(KRON) — An elephant that’s spent two decades at Oakland Zoo will soon be reunited with other African elephants. The zoo announced Monday that “Osh,” a 30-year-old male elephant, will ...

Mabu joins two female African elephants, a 24-year-old named Nolwazi and her 9-year-old ... in the zoo’s 13-acre, naturalistic safari-scape. He replaces the zoo’s other male elephant, ...

The 30-year-old African male elephant, ... Osh’s female mate, 44-year-old Donna, was brought to the sanctuary from Oakland in 2023, and the caretakers are hoping to reunite them soon.

The CEO says this is the first elephant calf born in the Zoo's 95-year history. The Zoo's other female African elephant is expected to give birth in the coming weeks. Report a correction or typo ...

After two decades at the Oakland Zoo, the Bay Area's only remaining African elephant will move to be reunited with Donna, the last female elephant who lived at the zoo. Here's where. 24/7 Live San ...