Learn how shrinking habitats are isolating African elephant populations and how restoring connections could help save the ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute The Smithsonian’s ...

Linh Mai, the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in nearly 25 years, is making her debut April ...

Humans sweat. Elephants strategize. While we’re dabbing our foreheads, they have a thermal system that’s impressive. Imagine an animal the size of a UPS truck moving its ears like stock traders. They ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai, born Feb. 2, was introduced to the public in the zoo's Elephant Trails exhibit and on the ...

Mary the elephant shows off her hose-showering skills. Credit: Urban et al./Current Biology An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Kamala, a beloved Asian elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo, was humanely euthanized on Friday, according to officials from the Zoo. Her caretakers at theSmithsonian’s ...

Born in the early hours of a chilly February morning and weighing 308 pounds, Linh Mai is the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) first Asian elephant calf in ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai made her public debut Wednesday at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

You can tell by her smile that she's having so much fun!