The death of another elephant calf at Zurich Zoo has renewed criticism of captive elephant breeding programmes. Animal welfare experts argue that the issue is not only one tragic birth, but whether ...

Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday. The remote ...

The Northern Elephant Seal breeding season is underway. One of the largest mainland-breeding colonies is here in the Bay Area. State park officials say so far, more than 1,000 elephant seals have ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century ...

Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males to ...

• During courtship, a male and a female elephant will rub their bodies on each other and even wrap trunks. The females tend to run away from the males and he will have to pursue her. This game of cat ...

BANGKOK – (dpa) – Animal protectors in Asia are sounding the alarm as the number of elephants is waning and are hoping to raise public awareness of the problem with a range of campaigns. In Thailand, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mabhulane (Mabu) is seen in his open roaming area of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, Calif., Jan. 19, 2023. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ...