Linh Mai, the National Zoo's baby elephant, is making her public debut on Wednesday, April 22. Here's her sweet story.

As the caption in the following video correctly calls it: "A moment of self-care with Joy [the baby elephant]! Watch as she uses her feet to loosen the earth before skillfully scooping up the dirt with her trunk.

Learn how shrinking habitats are isolating African elephant populations and how restoring connections could help save the species.

A new elephant DNA map reveals growing isolation across Africa, raising concerns about inbreeding and long-term survival.

The baby elephant animatronic known as Little Red has returned to a guest-facing location at Disney's Animal Kingdom - and if you're booked on the Caring for Giants tour, you can see him up close. Little Red is currently on display in the second elephant yard backstage,

Asian elephants are adapting to rapidly changing landscapes by diversifying their diets — a sign of resilience, but also a warning about the pressures reshaping their habitats, according to a recent study from Malaysia.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tourist on National Elephant Day in Thailand. oneclearvision/Getty Images Suju Kali is a 50-year-old elephant in Nepal who has been carrying tourists for over 30 years. Like many ...

Ethical tourism has been gaining traction for years. One of the attractions that has consistently made headlines for all the wrong reasons is elephant rides. But now, elephants are getting a much-deserved reprieve with the banning of riding these massive ...

In the past, people enjoyed watching elephants perform tricks in circuses. Today, such entertainment has largely fallen out of favor. Well-run zoos try to mimic the elephants’ natural habitat, but this is difficult to do with a species that’s accustomed to roaming vast grasslands.