elephants

Elephant family enjoys early morning pool party at zoo

Before the zoo opened this morning, four members of the Asian elephant family took an early swim in the pool at Elephant Lands...

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I am Sam, Sam I am: Samudra meets Samson at Oregon Zoo

It was a meeting of the two Sams today at the Oregon Zoo...

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Elephant Samson has fun in the sun with a pool party

Samson, the 20-year-old male of the Asian elephant family, made a splash this week in the pool at Elephant Lands...

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Caring for elephants in cold weather

Like all mammals, Asian elephants heat and cool their bodies through an internal process called thermoregulation...

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Snow days bring the animals a new world to explore

Some species are winter specialists, others are just curious, and choose come out to explore...

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Coexisting with Borneo elephants: A Q&A with Marc Ancrenaz

Elephants and the palm oil industry come head-to-head in the Kinabatangan floodplain – a region of great importance for biodiversity and Malaysia's economy...

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Elephant family, care staff and community remember Lily

Under the circumstances, the herd is doing well. Rose-Tu is eating, drinking and sleeping regularly, as are Lily's aunties, Shine and Chendra, her brother, Samudra, and Samson, the herd's newest member. But the healing process is going to take some time...

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Zoo heartbroken as 6-year-old Lily succumbs to virus

The Oregon Zoo is in mourning today following the sudden and unexpected loss of Lily, the youngest of the zoo elephant family, one day before her sixth birthday...