Watch as a smart Asian elephant named Mary uses a hose to take a shower - gripping the pipe with her trunk. Brilliant video ...

In 1995, Kumari, a 16-month-old Asian elephant at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., was the first to be diagnosed with ...

The zoo said plans were under way to prepare the enclosure for two new Asian elephants, including "baby proofing the surroundings". Mother and daughter Noorjahan and Esha are due to give birth ...

Over the weekend, the Smithsonian National Zoo announced the death of one of its Asian elephants, who was put to sleep after ...

I hesitated to approach him. At 38 inches high and 304 pounds, he was smallish — but he was still an elephant. Recovering from foot surgery, the 47-year-old Asian elephant is one popular ...

That process, in which a baby elephant is taken from its mother ... to learn what every single captive Asian elephant has to go through to entertain you – which begins with the process known ...

That’s about the heft of a baby grand piano ... You can take morning yoga classes next to the zoo’s Asian elephant preserve on Saturdays and Sundays until August 27 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m ...

Elephants in the Berlin Zoo were captured on video using a sophisticated tool — a hose — to take a shower and prank each ...

Kaeli checks out the historic town of Edenton along the Albemarle Sound and highlights the upcoming milestone anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party.

An adult Asian elephant consumes about 150 kilograms of food each day, and a herd of elephants can easily devour an entire ...

Chaimu the elephant returned to the Sheldrick Wildlife ... sharing her new joy with the people who raised her. We have named her baby — a perfect little bull — Chapa. As you can see, he ...

I will always cherish the time I spent with a baby elephant being hand-reared at the Oakland Zoo. Now, 28 years later, the zoo made the right decision to retire its last elephant.