After 10 days of voting that raised nearly $60,000 for the zoo’s elephant care program, fans chose the name Linh Mai, which is Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The…
Read more DC’s new baby elephant has a name – WTOP NewsBANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and…
Read more Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant populationGervinho AFCON 2025 kicks off in less than a month. Gervinho, an Ivorian football legend, reveals the strengths Ivory Coast holds to defend their crown in Morocco. After…
Read more Ivory Coast: Gervinho sees strengths to win AFCON 2025POWELL, Ohio — POWELL, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has welcomed its second baby elephant in a single calendar year for the first time in…
Read more Columbus Zoo welcomes second Asian elephant calf this yearBANGKOK (AP) — Flooding in northern Thailand forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground on Friday, with…
Read more Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephantsNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise…
Read more Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98ST. LOUIS — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving…
Read more Raja the elephant, a big draw at the St. Louis Zoo, is moving to Columbus to breedST. LOUIS — Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions — literally and figuratively — at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he’s moving…
Read more Raja the elephant, a big draw at the St. Louis Zoo, is moving to Columbus to breedThe fate of the mounted lion, tiger, polar bear and gorilla that have long greeted visitors entering South Dakota’s largest zoo is grim after arsenic was found to…
Read more Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my.OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Roaring chainsaws sent trees crashing to the ground, and bare-chested men hacked away at the branches beside a muddy road. Others heaved logs…
Read more Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants. Rangers blame lax enforcementMystery hunters have converged on a Scottish lake to look for signs of the mythical Loch Ness Monster ByJILL LAWLESS Associated Press August 26, 2023, 10:07 AM FILE…
Read more With drones and webcams, volunteer hunters join a new search for the mythical Loch Ness MonsterOMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to…
Read more A Nigerian forest and its animals are under threat. Poachers have become rangers to protect bothOMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to…
Read more A Nigerian forest and its animals are under threat. Poachers have become rangers to protect bothBANGKOK — An ailing elephant that Thailand had presented to Sri Lanka more than two decades ago returned to his native land for medical treatment Sunday following allegations…
Read more An ailing Thai elephant returns home for medical care after years of neglect in Sri LankaAPTOS, Calif. — A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient…
Read more Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon toothMOMBASA, Kenya — Gobonamang Kgetho has a deep affection for Africa’s largest inland delta, the Okavango. It is his home. The water and wildlife-rich land is fed by…
Read more In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, natureAMSTERDAM — Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic…
Read more Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatballFRESNO, Calif. — 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…
Read more Elephants in US zoos? Without breeding, future is uncertainNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to…
Read more Hundreds of elephants, zebras die as Kenya weathers droughtSAN DIEGO — A 45-year-old female Asian elephant was euthanized because of her deteriorating health from age-related problems, the San Diego Zoo announced Friday. Devi had been undergoing…
Read more Devi the elephant, 45, euthanized at San Diego Zoo
