• During courtship, a male and a female elephant will rub their bodies on each other and even wrap trunks. The females tend to run away from the males and he will have to pursue her. This game of cat ...

It is no small feat to artificially impregnate an elephant. The basics of artificial insemination may be routine, but a glance into the elephant house at the Woodland Park Zoo yesterday evening should ...

Elephants are pregnant for about 18-22 months, which could be up to a year before the first baby is born. Zoo staff promises updates on the pregnancies, which zoo staff say are inherently risky in the ...

A new study based on four decades of data from the elephant seal colony at Año Nuevo Reserve has enabled researchers to disentangle the effects of environmental conditions, population density, and ...

It's time for a do-over for one elephant at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. The zoo recently shared that they'd made a slight mistake when announcing the gender of their new baby elephant in March. Zookeepers ...

There’s a new history-making resident at the Indianapolis Zoo. African elephant Zahara is a mom after giving birth to a male calf Monday, Sept. 4. The "little" guy arrived just after 5:30 p.m. on ...

A female northern elephant seal with her pup on the beach at Año Nuevo Reserve. (Photo by Dan Costa) Changing environmental conditions may threaten marine mammal populations by making it harder to ...

Zahara is having a baby! The 16-year-old African elephant is pregnant and due in October, the Indianapolis Zoo announced Monday on its Facebook page. Vote: Indianapolis Zoo needs your vote to get ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo community is mourning the loss of Ambika, the beloved eldest member of its Asian elephant herd. She was humanely euthanized yesterday, March 27, following a recent and ...