Thirty babies in a lifetime might sound unbelievable, but in the animal world, that number can be modest. Reproduction follows a clear biological pattern.

Travelling from Cookhouse to Addo Elephant National Park offers a glimpse into the Eastern Cape’s shifting landscape of agriculture, renewable energy and conservation. Within the park, the scale of ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...

Researchers at Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences rely on ancient DNA from extinct species and the genome of their closest living relatives to determine how they can be brought back. Why it matters: ...

Plenty of new dramas to enjoy this week, from the return of The Capture and Ellis to a new adaptation of A Woman of Substance – plus Claudia Winkleman hosts her own chatshow in Graham Norton’s slot.

Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes births go exactly as planned. And sometimes they turn into seven-hour nail-biters where the medical team starts ...

The Dallas Zoo will soon have another African elephant to add to its herd! Mlilo, a 22-year-old African elephant, is expecting a calf, the zoo announced. The baby is expected to arrive in the fall -- ...

The gestational length of cows is commonly believed to be 283 days. The topic of gestation length often comes up among cattle breeders during calving season. These conversations often pertain to ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars. By Franz Lidz A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed ...

This will be Mlilo's third calf, and her last baby was born in 2023, according to the zoo's announcement. The elephant's father is Tendaji, a 22-year-old bull. African elephants have a 22-month ...