Month-old elephant calf Tula-Tu spent some time in the sunshine Thursday afternoon at the Oregon Zoo with her mom Rose-Tu. It was the first time exploring the outdoors for Tula, who was born on ...

To save elephant populations from extinction, the international community banned the sale of their ivory—but selling mammoth ivory remains legal, and the two are difficult to tell apart ...

Right: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Selling elephant ivory—a hard white material from elephant tusks, for which elephants are often killed—is illegal.

ZooNights is coming back to the Oregon Zoo this summer, with music, food, activities and, of course, animals, for people of all ages. It’s unlikely big concerts are coming back to the zoo.

Mammoth vs Elephant: Spotting the Differences While mammoths and elephants share a common ancestor, they have distinct differences that helped them survive in their respective environments.

Officials say the zoo’s first birth of a male elephant took place at 6:56 a.m. on June 17. The calf was officially named Xerxes, Greek for “ruler of heroes,” by the elephant care team.

The Oklahoma City Zoo says Achara, a 10-year-old elephant, gave birth to Xerxes just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The zoo says Xerxes is the first offspring for parents Achara and Bowie, who is 11 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Zoo is celebrating the birth of an endangered Asian elephant calf. According to the Zoo, first-time parents, Achara and Bowie, welcomed a male calf named ...

Tula-Tu, an four-month-old Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo, was filmed frolicking in a mud puddle around the feet of her mother, Rose-Tu, in early June. Tula-Tu was born in February and has since ...

Believe it or not, this wasn’t the first time an elephant saved a life at this very zoo. Trompita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, noticed an antelope stuck in that same body of water.