Hyped as ‘the biggest elephant’ in the world, Jumbo was met by a record-breaking crowd and hauled up Broadway in his crate. More than a century after his death, mystery still swirls around Jumbo.

The board said the statue was made during the Edo Period (1603-1867) and is the biggest wooden statue of Hideyoshi (1537-1598) ever discovered in the country, except for those created in the ...

Was he really the biggest elephant in the world? How did he die? And was he suffering from tuberculosis? Untouched for decades, Jumbo’s bones are locked away for safekeeping. But for the first ...