The Dallas Zoo will soon have another African elephant to add to its herd! Mlilo, a 22-year-old African elephant, is expecting a calf, the zoo announced. The baby is expected to arrive in the fall -- ...

This will be Mlilo's third calf, and her last baby was born in 2023, according to the zoo's announcement. The elephant's father is Tendaji, a 22-year-old bull. African elephants have a 22-month ...

The only African elephant in Scotland has died at her home at Blair Drummond Safari Park, aged 54. The park said Mondula, known as Mondy, was put to sleep after a recent spate of ill-health related to ...

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ASHEBORO, N.C. (WECT) — C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s longest-tenured resident and the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at 51 years old. The elephant died peacefully ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. C’sar, 51, died Dec. 19 at the N.C. Zoo, ending tenure as U.S. oldest African bull. Born in Kenya and orphaned, he arrived from the ...

In Southern Africa, people live alongside elephants, but not always peacefully. The growing reports of human-elephant conflict have triggered calls for elephant culls in some countries, like Zimbabwe.

Elephant populations in Southern Africa are stable or growing, but the space available for them is not. Often, elephant populations are constrained, increasing their impact on the environment or ...

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

GENEVA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed ...

DNA pulled from the dung of African forest elephants has given experts a more accurate—and higher—population estimate for the elusive animal, but the species remains critically endangered, a study ...

A detailed view of an African elephant chewing a broken tree branch. The image shows the animal’s textured skin, strong tusks, and natural feeding behavior in its habitat. ‘Americans are going to feel ...