Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A September 2019 photo of Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo. (Raul Roa/Los Angeles Times) To the editor: It is ...
12:25 p.m. May 21, 2025: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the size of the elephant enclosure at the Tulsa Zoo. It is about 17 acres. Despite a stream of steady protests and ...
In the dark of night a bulky animal shape lumbers up a rocky track, climbing the steep side of Mount Elgon in Kenya, intent on an important mission. Following the lead in single file are members of ...
The middle-aged couple was nowhere to be found. Billy, 40, wasn’t hanging out by the waterfall. Tina, 59, wasn’t in the barn. On Tuesday morning, animal rights activists — who, for years, have fought ...
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 ...
To the editor: It is disheartening to learn that Billy and Tina are now at the Tulsa Zoo, stuck in quarantine, rather than at one of the many sanctuaries eager to rehome them (“Elephants Billy and ...