When Linh Mai’s mother rejected her at birth, caretaker Robbie Clark didn’t leave the National Zoo for nearly a month.

A baby Asian elephant is about to step into the spotlight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo - and she’s already winning over her caretakers behind the scenes. The critically endangered calf, named ...

Sometimes births go exactly as planned. And sometimes they turn into seven-hour nail-biters where the medical team starts wondering if they'll even be able to save the mom. N'Dala's delivery was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An older female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo is raising the herd's newest addition – a 2-month-old calf – after the ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...

You might not think a baby hippo and a baby elephant would have much in common, but no one has told Bumpy and Wangalla! Both are orphaned rescues and two of the newest arrivals at the Sheldrick ...