Twins occur in only one percent of elephant births and male-female are even more rare, according to Save the Elephants, a research organisation. "Once we pulled the second baby elephant out ...

Rosamond Gifford Zoo made national news last fall when mother elephant Mali gave birth to twin “miracle baby” elephants. Never before had twin elephant calves survived in a zoo in North ...

They are among the only elephant twins to have survived birth in captivity. But another risk has quietly hung over them, and their keepers at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, daily: EEHV, the elephant herpes ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo had a big addition that showed up over the weekend. “This is the first calf we’ve had born ...

An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a rare set of twins, conservation group Save the Elephants has announced. The two baby elephant calves – both female - were born to a mother elephant ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother ...

"The mother attacked the baby because she had never had twins before – it's very rare," said Michelle Reedy, the director of the Elephant Stay organisation, which allows visiting tourists to ...

[1] Baby elephant twins born last month on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days. Pearl Sint was born on August 26. A few minutes later came her brother Kyaw Pearl.

An elephant keeper moved in to prevent the mother from attacking her newborn, and took a blow to his ankle in return. “The mother attacked the baby because she had never had twins before – it ...

BIG WORLD: Baby Asian elephant twins Yaad and Tukada were seen exploring their new home in a larger exhibit at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, recently.

Elephant herd at their natural habitat in Samburu National Reserve where a mother elephant named Alto gave birth to twins. [Courtesy] Kenya has made global headlines for its wildlife conservation ...