The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...
Feb 13 (Reuters) - An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000 ...
An elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-4.0 Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s nothing cuter than a baby, especially the four-legged kind. The latest birth that has us excited is the newest addition to ...
There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...
Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Elephant Valley, a 13-acre-plus savanna at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, will bring guests so close to elephants ...
WASHINGTON (7News)) — For the first time in nearly 25 years, D.C.'s Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of an Asian elephant calf! The zoo announced the birth on Tuesday morning, asking ...
The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wild bull elephant killed a tourist exercising near his tent on Monday at a national park in Thailand, making him the third ...
A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...
A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. NOTE: B-roll and photos of the calf will be ...