Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Male Spike ...

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 ...

• 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 ...

The Northern Elephant Seal breeding season is underway. One of the largest mainland-breeding colonies is here in the Bay Area. State park officials say so far, more than 1,000 elephant seals have ...

An ambitious breeding program with a remarkable success rate is helping Asian elephants thrive. FIVE HEFTY BUNDLES of joy that recently arrived at zoos in Sydney and Melbourne are symbols of ...

Hoping to bring a new baby elephant into the world, Woodland Park Zoo officials artificially inseminated Chai over the weekend, ignoring concerns by animal rights activists that another baby could ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday. The remote ...

FRESNO, Calif. — An elephant calf has been born at a California zoo that has embarked on an elephant breeding program. The Fresno Chaffee Zoo said African elephant Nolwazi gave birth early Friday and ...

Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.