2024-11-24 - Saint Louis, United States.
The Saint Louis Zoo is proud to announce the birth of a male Asian elephant calf at 4:32 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Jade, the Zoo’s 17-year-old Asian elephant, gave birth to a baby boy named Jet by the Elephant Care team. Jet is a gemstone and in line with the Zoo's elephant family history of gemstone names. The calf’s great grandparents are Onyx and Pearl and his mother is Jade.
2012-08-02 - Saint Louis, United States.
Ellie, one of the Saint Louis Zoo’s Asian elephants, is pregnant with her third calf. Ellie has two other daughters, 6-year-old Maliha, 16-year-old Rani. Ellie is also the grandmother of Rani’s daughter, Kenzi, who was born in June 2011. Now in her third trimester, Ellie is carrying another female calf. Ellie is due to deliver in the spring of 2013. The father is 19-year old Raja, the first Asian elephant ever born at the zoo in 1992.
2010-03-16 - Saint Louis, United States.
The Saint Louis Zoo has announced that Ellie, one of its Asian elephants, is pregnant. She is 38 years old and this will be her third birth. Her daughter, Maliha, will turn four years old on August 2, 2010. And her 14-year-old daughter, Rani is also pregnant. The Zoos bull elephant, 17-year-old Raja, is the father of both babies. He was the first Asian elephant ever born at the Zoo in 1992, and this calf will be his fourth offspring. An elephant pregnancy lasts about 22 months. Ellie will be du...
2025-03-27 - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In a united effort to prevent forest fires, a team of three elephants joined over 20 locals in constructing firebreaks in Chiang Mai’s Mae Taeng district on Wednesday. The initiative, led by Phra Kh...
2025-03-27 - Cholamunda, India.
A Wild tusker, known as Kasera Komban, was found dead in abandoned septic tank in Kerala Malappuram. The tusker used to be affectionately called "Kasera Komban" due to its remarkably long tusks, which...
2025-03-18 - Wichita, United States.
The Sedgwick County Zoo announced Monday that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf following a healthy, full-term pregnancy. This would have marked the first elephant born a...
2025-03-08 - Guwahati, India.
A female elephant calf took birth in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. The newborn, named Gauri, is the offspring of an elephant named Phulmai, who resides within the protected area of Kaziranga.
2025-03-05 - Trichy, India.
A 60-year-old female elephant named Jaini, who was being cared for at the MR Palayam Government Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Reserve Forest under the Trichy Forest Division, has passed away. The ...
2025-02-07 - Amboseli, Kenya.
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paolo, one of Amboseli’s most famous and cherished elephants. At 46 years old, Paolo’s death marks the loss of a true giant, not only in size but ...
