HOUSTON, Texas -- Thailand, a male Asian elephant, is one of the Houston Zoo's oldest residents. This summer, he celebrated a milestone birthday - he turned 60 years old! "He's a very significant part ...

The fully-grown animals are being trained to teeter across reinforced ropes in front of hordes of tourists at the controversial Safari World on the outskirts of Bangkok.Trainers make the elephants ...

Baby animals are basically human children in a different form. Or at least they can act so similarly at times that their behavior appears to be the same. That’s certainly the case with these two, very ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium named its male baby elephant born in October after taking thousands of suggestions.

The National Zoo said Monday that one of its Asian elephants is pregnant and could give birth within the next few months, potentially bringing the zoo its first elephant calf in 25 years. The zoo has ...

"The elephant was a symbol of honor, of dignity and leadership," he said, "but today it has become the symbol of the failures and injustices of Thailand's development." Since those comments were made, ...