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 ...

The death of a newborn elephant calf is always distressing. At Zurich Zoo, it has reopened a much wider debate about captive elephant breeding and whether zoos can provide conditions suitable for ...

The Northern Elephant Seal breeding season is underway. One of the largest mainland-breeding colonies is here in the Bay Area. State park officials say so far, more than 1,000 elephant seals have ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday. The remote ...

• 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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mabhulane (Mabu) is seen in his open roaming area of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, Calif., Jan. 19, 2023. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) ...

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...

Back in 2018, Miami welcomed a unique new resident: a 7-year-old Asian elephant named Ongard. The first male elephant born in Australia’s Melbourne Zoo, Ongard arrived in South Florida on a chartered ...

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 ...