"After trying to squeeze into a camping chair clearly not built for elephant-sized hips, a young calf’s patience ran out fast ...

Cute little Kaikai is an 8-month-old baby elephant who does everything with maximum effort. Whether she's lounging around in ...

Portland’s favorite pachyderm, Tula-Tu, may be halfway to a ton — but she’s still certifiably tiny, at least by elephant standards. The trunked toddler, who turned 1 year old last month, has been ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

She is cuteness overload.

The Asian elephant calf that was born to female Asian elephant Nhi Linh on Feb. 2, 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. (Courtesy Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...

A female Asian elephant calf has been born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, the first in almost a quarter of a century. The baby, whose ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...

A baby elephant enjoys a peaceful lunch outdoors, soaking up its natural habitat. 4 dead in crashes involving over 30 vehicles in 'brown out' conditions on Colorado interstate Winter storm maps show ...

It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTOC) - The Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of an endangered Asian elephant for the first time in about 25 years, according to the zoo. The female calf was born ...