Shankar, the only African elephant at the Delhi Zoo, has died and an investigation has been ordered to determine the cause of ...

Over the last decade, Argentina has been closing its zoos and relocating animals to sanctuaries and rescue centers. But ...

The elephant was a diplomatic gift to former president Shankar Dayal Sharma, and was brought from Zimbabwe in November 1998.

Shankar has been in solitary confinement since 2012, as the elephant was separated from its Asian counterparts.

The 218-pound newborn, named Corra, is also the first second-generation calf to be born at the Orlando theme park Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Zoo officials said the elephant, named Ruth, lost her footing after aggressive behavior from a fellow African elephant.

Shankar, the only African elephant at Delhi Zoo, has died after days of poor appetite, officials confirmed on Thursday.

The sharp reduction of their population has a knock-on effect on the Congo Basin forest itself. This is because African ...

Brace yourself for epic baby animal cuteness at Walt Disney World. For her first time ever, an adorable new addition bounded onto the savanna at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. At just ...

For more than a decade, he was kept in solitary confinement. The elephant had been showing signs of stress, which is to be ...

Saturday marked a momentous occasion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, where officials announced an African elephant calf was born at the park for the first time in seven years. The baby girl ...