Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans despite their gigantic sizes. However, the elephant population has fallen greatly ...
which translates from Latin as “greatest elephant” — are an endangered species, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. They typically live into their fifties, according to the ...
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Louis Zoo on Sunday announced the birth of its eighth Asian elephant, the first bred through artificial insemination as part of a program to support the endangered species. The calf, a male named ...
An endangered Asian elephant calf was born last week at the Houston Zoo. The Texas zoo said 34-year-old Asian elephant Shanti gave birth to 314-pound Kirby on November 15 at 3 p.m. CST.