The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959 Jack Tamisiea A team of specialists gently blows dust off of the ...

Then, every five or six years, the taller fossils like the 100-foot-long Diplodocus skeleton or Henry, the museum’s iconic African Bush Elephant mount, need cleaning.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s African elephant calf made its media debut Wednesday morning. The baby elephant was born Friday — a first for the Omaha zoo ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo announced Friday the name of its second African elephant calf: Sonny. Sonny, who was born Jan. 30, was named by a donor who won the rights at the zoo’s ...

It is estimated there are 415,000 African elephants roaming in 37 different African nations. Louie was born on April 30, 2003 at the Toledo Zoo to mother, Renee. At birth he weighed in at 275 pounds.

Eugenia and Sonny, the first African elephants born at the Henry Doorly Zoo & ... 2 staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in Washington DC. AP top stories May 21. AP.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium wants everyone to meet Hondo.Pronounced "hon-doh," his name means warrior or fighter in some African countries.Hondo is the fifth African elephant calf born ...