"After trying to squeeze into a camping chair clearly not built for elephant-sized hips, a young calf’s patience ran out fast ...

The vote is in, and the Smithsonian National Zoo’s new baby elephant has a name. Fans chose the name Linh Mai, raising nearly $60,000 for the elephant program.

The female was the first elephant born at the zoo in almost 25 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having your heart stolen by something utterly adorable is always a life-affirming experience. For example, is anyone really going ...

The Casper teen who on Jan. 29 received a five-to-seven-year sentence suspended for three years of probation, was arrested again last week. Leslie Leslie faces up to 27 years in prison after being ...

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 ...

A staff feeds milk to a baby elephant as she touches its head at the Elephant Transit Home on April 1, 2019 in Udawalawe, Sri Lanka. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images A rare UK-Canada natural history co-pro ...

A lovely sighting of a small elephant herd with an even smaller baby reacting to the hot air balloon flying over.

It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

A female Asian elephant calf has been born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, the first in almost a quarter of a century. The baby, whose ...