This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... chain and choked by a ring of metal spikes. When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper ...

ZURICH — A 19-year-old Asian elephant at the Zurich Zoo gave birth this past weekend to a male whose name, starting with the letter Z, will be announced this week. A light-sensitive monitoring ...

Researchers said the study’s findings underscore the potential of the northern area studied to become a “national stronghold ... a clearer picture of Asian elephant numbers, which will ...