This writer believes an Illinois zoo's new exhibit will roll back progress made in the state to end cruel elephant exhibitions.

Knott’s Berry Farm has returned to the fog for another Halloween season with a new haunted house set in an abandoned zoo ...

Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi's zoo who spent much of his life in isolation, refused food on Wednesday and ...

Scientists knew almost nothing about how ebony trees, used for guitars and piano keys, grow. A new study reveals the secret ingredient — elephants.

For more than a decade, he was kept in solitary confinement. The elephant had been showing signs of stress, which is to be ...

Uli, an African elephant who lives at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm near Bristol, has undergone specialized dental treatment to repair ...

Sept. 8-14: Highlights of public meetings, things to do, and things to know in the next 7 days. High temperatures drop into ...

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Ruth, a 43-year-old "geriatric" elephant at the Milwaukee County Zoo, is doing well after the animal fell earlier in the week and couldn't get up without help from ...

Watch previous coverage in the player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Columbus Zoo’s baby elephant now has a name after it made its debut last month. The baby Asian elephant is named Rita Jean, after ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — The new baby elephant at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has a new name. It's Rita Jean. The zoo said the name is in tribute to Rita Jean Wolfe. In an Instagram post, the zoo ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's new baby Asian elephant has been named Rita Jean. She is named after the late Rita Jean Wolfe, a community leader whose family has supported the zoo for nearly a ...