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

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

Zoo visitors and those who saw the viral video were thrilled to hear Ruth was unharmed from the incident Ruth is a ...

A sanctuary founder who rescued hundreds of animals from a beleaguered Puerto Rico zoo is now doing the hard work of rehabilitation. After years of complaints about conditions at the Dr. Juan A.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo community is mourning the loss of Ambika, the beloved eldest member of its Asian elephant herd. She was humanely euthanized yesterday, March 27, following a recent and ...