An Asian elephant has given birth to an adorable baby calf following ... but zoo staff are giving the pair time to bond before conducting a first checkup to confirm weight and sex.

One cannot say why the elephants prefer giving birth here ... New Atlantis, a journal of technology and society, describes an elephant birth as a spectacular occasion. The animals, it says ...

Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth on Saturday after 20 months ... but zoo staff are giving the pair time to bond before conducting a first checkup to confirm weight and sex.

African elephants have the longest gestation period of any living mammal, carrying their young for nearly 22 months and giving birth roughly every four years, while for the Asian elephant ...