Elephant seals mate before the females leave the beach on their short migration. They’ll return to the beach, fatter, in May. Christine Heinrichs Valentine’s Day has passed, but mating season for ...

Attention reality TV executives: Get yourselves to the DC area. Last month, Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed two new female Asian elephants, Trong Nhi (19) and her daughter Nhi Linh (9). The pair ...

JERUSALEM, April 4 (Reuters) - A male elephant has mauled one of his mates to death at an Israeli zoo in front of crowds visiting during the Jewish Passover holiday. Yossi, a 33-year-old male African ...

• 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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Last year was a good year for the Asian elephants at the Denver Zoo. They welcomed Duncan to their all-male group; another member, Jake, became a father through the zoo’s unique artificial ...