Kim Baumgartner, a senior elephant keeper, leads Thai, an Asian elephant as he goes through his range of motion exercises at ...

Animals get hot, too! That's why the Houston Zoo's animal care team developed some innovative activities to keep them cool as ...

HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo says its loveable, 5-week-old baby elephant, Kirby, has quickly become an internet star. Her fans have been dubbed the "Kirby Krew." "Kirby's charm has not only ...

"Newborn elephants, like Kirby, are born with their eyes open," Rob Barnardy, elephant curator at the zoo, told Chron. "This is because an elephant calf needs to keep up with their herd quickly.

Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo, has been given the first-ever dose of an mRNA vaccine created by virologists at Baylor College of Medicine to prevent the deadly elephant ...

A 314-pound baby elephant is the newest addition to the Houston zoo. According to the zoo, Kirby was born on Friday afternoon, November 15. Her 34-year-old mother, Shanti, was in labor for 19 ...

HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo says its loveable, 5-week-old baby elephant, Kirby, has quickly become an internet star. Her fans have been dubbed the "Kirby Krew." "Kirby's charm has not only ...

W hen the Houston Zoo recently introduced Kirby, its newborn Asian elephant, questions abounded online about the wide-eyed ...