After a recent incident at the Smithsonian's National Zoo with a binturong, many are wondering why it happened.

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$250 can buy 19 bales of hay for the zoo’s herd of elephants, which includes Kirby, the Asian elephant. The elephants have a truckload of hay delivered every two weeks. The public has the option of ...

Female Asian elephant Bani was injured in a train collision at 9 months old. Over a year later, she's celebrating Christmas ...

C’sar the elephant, the N.C. Zoo’s longest-tenured and one of its most charismatic residents, has died. The park announced C’sar’s passing on Monday, Dec. 22, saying he died peacefully on Dec. 19 ...

Recall the folk tale of the blind men and the elephant—a trio of blind men come across an elephant and try to describe it to ...