During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives ... The fossils themselves are also rare. In a second study published in ...

Looking for more PetHelpful ... What makes these two baby elephants even more rare is that one is a male, and the other is a female, almost unheard of in the elephant world. Commenters all agreed ...

Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. The most forlorn-looking elephant caged alone at the Bronx Zoo is also the first elephant to demonstrate self-awareness via the ...

A critically endangered Sumatran elephant has been born in Indonesia, officials said Tuesday, another rare birth that has ... and actively looking for milk from the mother." Two more critically ...

An Asian elephant in central Thailand has given birth to a rare set of twins, in what caretakers have described as a miracle. The mother, 36-year-old Chamchuri, was not expected to deliver twins ...

"The mother attacked the baby because she had never had twins before – it's very rare," said Michelle Reedy, the director of the Elephant Stay organisation, which allows visiting tourists to ...

The story made national and even international headlines as it became the first known case of surviving elephant twins in ... published a behind-the-scenes look at their surprise birth.

The elephant, Bora from the Winds Family, gave birth to a male and a female calf last weekend. Zoologists say twin births are rare in elephants. [Courtesy] A Facebook post by a non-profit ...