Credit: Oregon Zoo/Cover Images Oregon Zoo’s biggest residents got into the Halloween spirit in October at the Zoo’s annual Squishing of the Squash event. The giant mammals got their tusks and trunks ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ ... the planet — 20% of people worldwide live in or next to Asian elephant habitat. The Oregon Zoo is recognized worldwide for its elephant care program, which has ...

The last known Tasmanian tiger—the top predator of the southern Australian island—died in 1936. But the U.S.-based bioscience company Colossal wants to bring back the species from extinction.

habitat loss and human-elephant conflict, the zoo said in its statement. Conservation scientists estimate the total population to be between 30,000 and 50,000 individuals, the zoo said.

Osh, the beloved elephant who departed the Oakland Zoo last week, made it safely to his new home at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and has been adapting well, zoo officials say. “After only ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Sedgwick County Zoo's elephant herd will be growing next year, so the zoo has launched a capital campaign to raise $10 million to expand its exhibit. The zoo says five ...

Kamala, a longtime member of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, was euthanized Saturday in D.C. following years of struggling with osteoarthritis. Even while measures were ...

has been euthanized at her current zoo home in Washington, D.C. The Asian elephant, who was moved to the Smithsonian National Zoo in 2014, was about 50 years old when she was euthanized last ...

They are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because of poaching, habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. The zoo said that through Kamala’s lineage ...

By Emily Anthes Emily Anthes previously reported on another elephant at the Berlin Zoo who learned how to peel bananas. Elephants are serious about self care. To stay cool, and protect their skin ...

R.I.P. Kamala. No, not that one. A beloved elephant at the National Zoo named Kamala was euthanized Saturday in D.C. — setting off a flurry of jokes about the wild timing, as Vice President ...