Audubon Zoo's carousel is on the auction block. Why it matters: The beloved attraction ain't dere no more. The big picture: ...

A whimsical, beloved Audubon Zoo carousel — once a staple of the zoo that featured exotic animals from flamingos to alligators — is back in the spotlight, but not in the way anyone expected.

The young elephant, known as the real-life Dumbo to animal activists, died after breaking both of its back legs at the Phuket Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

At only 4 days old, the Oregon Zoo’s newest elephant calf is already Portland’s most famous, beloved resident of the year. Sure, Rose-Tu’s tiny, trunked baby may not have a name yet.

On Dec. 8, the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, shared two photos of the Asian elephant appearing to take a selfie on Facebook. "Yaad took an elfie (elephant selfie)," the zoo captioned ...

Since then, she’s been busy practicing sounds with her tiny, gray trunk and meeting new herd members — for the most part, all from within the privacy of the zoo’s closed-off indoor elephant ...

we traveled to the National Zoo’s main campus in Northwest Washington, and its conservation and research center in Front Royal, Va., about a 1.5-hour drive from the city. End of carousel The ...

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth on Saturday after 20 months of pregnancy, the zoo said in a news ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Month-old elephant calf Tula-Tu spent some time in the sunshine Thursday afternoon at the Oregon Zoo with her mom Rose-Tu. It was the first time exploring the outdoors for ...

Her defenders called her “the world’s saddest elephant.” The elephant has lived at the San Juan de Aragon zoo in Mexico City for 13 years since being rescued from a circus. “Ely was in ...