WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sleep is a precious commodity for people and across the animal kingdom, indispensable even as its biological purpose remains somewhat mysterious. We spend about a third of our ...

On Wednesday night, Woodland Park Zoo’s Asian elephants, Chai and Bamboo, were loaded onto a flat bed truck and began their 35 to 40 hour journey to their new home at the Oklahoma City Zoo. Elephant ...

Both Asian and African elephant species are either endangered or critically endangered, with fewer than half a million of them left in the wild — a staggering and sobering statistic. Thankfully, a ...

(BCN) — An animal rights group lauded Oakland Zoo for freeing its last elephant and sending it to a sanctuary in October. In the “10 Worst Zoos for Elephants 2024” list where the organization In ...

As Nashville grows and changes at a breakneck pace, a parcel of land just an hour outside the city is growing increasingly wild — and has been for the past 30 years. The Elephant Sanctuary, in ...

HOHENWALD, Tenn. (WSMV) - The State legislature honored The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee with the passage and signing of House Joint Resolution 508. HJR 508, introduced by Rep. Jody Barrett ...