WICHITA —The Today Show helped the Sedgwick County Zoo reveal the gender and name of zoo's newest elephant calf Thursday ...

Elephant caregivers play an important role in their society by comforting and teaching babies when mom is occupied.

A mother elephant led her herd across a road ... often living in close-knit groups led by a matriarch. This mother appeared reluctantly detached from her calf. William Stegmann, associated ...

A newly released video, seen at the top of this article, shows the Safari Park’s elephant herd engaging in a spirited splash session, led by the herd’s matriarch, Swazi, and spurred on by two ...

called the matriarch. It takes a village Female elephants of all ages work together to raise their young. Males stick around until they’re about 13, before venturing beyond the herd to join ...

The herd members were in their enclosure ... their feet to 'hear' rain storms 100 km away Elephant herds are made up of adult females, usually a matriarch and her female relatives, and juveniles ...

Because matriarchs lead the herd, her memory is incredibly valuable to the group. Matriarch elephants use memories that are decades old. For example, during times of drought, an experienced ...

Zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo say they look forward to introducing him to the female elephants in the herd – sisters Rudy and Sundara and matriarch Phoebe. Johnson could serve as a role model ...

Elephants Trumpet, Squeak and Flap Their ... Two mothers with calves plus the herd matriarch followed in three crates on Monday, when the herd was reunited. McMeekin said two days was a long ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Elephants trumpeted, touched trunks and flapped their oversized ears upon reuniting with their herd after a complex, five-day move from an urban Australian zoo to a much ...