Animal welfare groups want the Calgary Zoo to rethink its elephant breeding program, after a three-week-old calf – rejected by her mother – didn't survive.

New research published in the journal Current Biology finds that elephant seals identify breeding rivals by the rhythm of their vocal calls, much the way humans can discern accents and vocal tone.

Breeding elephants isn’t a simple affair. It often takes weeks, sometimes even months of courtship, said Chenda, fresh from overseeing the foundation’s fifth Charity Gala.

In Defense of Animals (IDA) is urging Canadian and U.S. authorities to deny a permit for the export of a male Asian elephant named Colonel from a circus in Hugo, Okla., to the Toronto-area zoo.

Even if a breeding centre is not registered and if an elephant conceives, gives birth, or has a stillbirth, the DWC needs to be informed,” he said. Environmentalists said private elephant owners were ...

Breeding plans are underway at various zoos through the association's species survival plan to ensure elephants have a sustainable future, said David Hagan, the plan's coordinator and chief ...

A new breeding centre has been opened in Habarana for the first time in Sri Lanka, to breed tame elephants in order to increase the elephant population in the country. In another significant move, ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is also drafting new rules for elephant imports aimed at protecting African elephants, which have dwindled from 26 million in the 18th century to 415,000.