Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) fights with a rival for control of a large harem of females during the breeding season ...

Mabu saunters across a grassy field and raises his long, gray trunk to wrangle food from a hole carved inside a large boulder, captivating the attention of a girl propped up on her father’s shoulders.

Watch out, panda cubs — a new zoo baby is ready for the spotlight. Why it matters: Asian elephant calf Linh Mai is the first ...

Elephant seal bulls begin arriving around Thanksgiving for the winter breeding season. They are at their largest physical bulk, after months of feeding along the North American continental shelf. They ...

Raja, a male Asian elephant born at the St. Louis Zoo nearly 31 years ago, is being relocated to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. The move is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Asian ...

• During courtship, a male and a female elephant will rub their bodies on each other and even wrap trunks. The females tend to run away from the males and he will have to pursue her. This game of cat ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Sabu, the beloved 10,000-pound bull elephant, has returned to the Cincinnati Zoo after spending two years away trying to produce offspring. The Asian elephant spent two years at ...

Much of the eastern United States is currently undergoing a massive polar vortex, with another one expected to follow. Meanwhile, California basks in the sunshine. These conditions set the stage for ...