The females, 19-year-0ld Trong Nhi and daughter, 9-year-old Nhi Linh, join males Spike, 41, Kamala, 47, Swarna, 47 and Maharani, 32, at the “Elephant Trails” exhibit in Washington, D.C. Staff Trong ...

Christine Del Turco stands behind the thick steel cables surrounding an Asian elephant yard at the Fort Worth Zoo and scratches the newest member of the herd on the tongue. The baby elephant, Travis, ...

Asian elephants once roamed across most of Asia, now they’re restricted to just 15% of their original range, in a number of fragmented and isolated populations around south and south-east Asia. Today, ...

Many key differences separate African elephant from Asian elephants. Not only are they found in completely separate parts of the world, but they live in different habitats as well. The African ...

To download photos and b-roll, visit the Zoo’s newsroom. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) community is celebrating the arrival two female Asian elephants, ...