In research reported about 20 years ago, Happy appeared to recognize herself in a mirror. She was later the subject of a ...

The Asian elephant, who had lived at the Bronx Zoo for decades, had been the center of an animal rights lawsuit based on her high level of cognitive ability and social isolation. By Claire Fahy Good ...

Happy, a beloved Asian elephant who lived at the Bronx Zoo for nearly five decades and became one of its most recognizable ...

The Bronx Zoo is mourning the loss of Happy, a female Asian elephant who was euthanized at age 55 on Tuesday, May 26. 'Happy ...

A Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insights and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case has died ...

Detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement are taking their own lives at a pace unprecedented in the ...

Montréal Canadiens’ Mike Matheson (8) takes out Carolina Hurricanes’ Taylor Hall (71) in front of Canadiens goaltender Jakub ...

For generations of St. Louis families, a trip to the Saint Louis Zoo has been woven into childhood itself: summer mornings spent visiting favorite animals, train rides over and over again, sticky ...

From left, Axel Hocking, 7, Roxas Hocking, 10, Carson West, 12, and Kaylauni West, 10, visit with a babydoll sheep on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the St. Louis Zoo. Babydoll sheep are one of the ...

Officials at the St. Louis Zoo offered a look at the ongoing construction on it's ambitious Destination Discovery kids adventure park as well as a meeting with maturing young pink flamingos and ...

The Fort Worth Zoo announced on May 7 that it welcomed its second elephant calf in one year, a record-breaking Asian elephant named Sam Houston Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A new baby elephant is now greeting visitors at the Fort Worth Zoo — and he has a Texas-sized name. The zoo announced this week that Sam Houston, a male Asian elephant calf born April 1, made his ...