A two-part report published in The Seattle Times by Michael Berens on the fate of elephants in American zoos shows they are dying out and that infant mortality for elephants in zoos is almost three ...

Even elephants are getting on the quantified-self movement. The health of some zoo elephants is now being monitored through fitness trackers, according to NPR. It’s called the Elephant Welfare ...

Many elephants in captivity suffer with foot problems. One concern with conservationists is whether being in captivity affects animals like elephants and others in the so-called pachyderm group (such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tembo, Cameron Park Zoo's last elephant, died in December at age 49. The Waco zoo has announced it will not replace her and is ...

Elephants living in modern zoos are living significantly longer than they did half a century ago, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research—led by ZSL (the ...

In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ecosystems can contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases. Two human ...

Last month, Yahoo! News published an article featuring what it described as a “heartbreaking” video of an elephant at the Denver Zoo randomly performing a circus trick. That characterization is both ...

A beloved fixture at a Central Texas zoo is gone, and with her passing comes the end of an era. After the death of Tembo, its last remaining elephant, Cameron Park Zoo in Waco announced it is ending ...