Arriving from Kenya as an orphan in 1978, C’sar was the Zoo’s first elephant and quickly became an icon, inspiring generations of guests and staff.

By preserving a moment in time—captured in footprints rather than bones—Murcia’s fossil dunes offer a rare and direct ...

Apple TV’s Born To Be Wild follows six endangered young animals, documenting human-led conservation, rearing, and rewilding efforts. Executive producer Lucy van Beek emphasizes creating hope through ...

Recall the folk tale of the blind men and the elephant—a trio of blind men come across an elephant and try to describe it to ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers ...

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways. For a long time, scientists could only make educated guesses about when wild animals were sleeping.

From an elusive jaguar to an industrious beaver, photographers captured iconic animal moments around the world.

A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of ...

Winter in northern India can be surprisingly harsh. As temperatures drop at night, the cold becomes a serious concern for the ...

The National Human Rights Project has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Zoo, challenging the transfer of elephants ...

Hamilton, the zoologist who dedicated his life to saving Africa’s elephants from systematic slaughter—despite being nearly ...

The numbers were horrifying. The censuses showed Africa’s elephant population crashing in number from 1.3m in 1979 to 600,000 ...