After an approximately 22-month pregnancy, young elephant Nhi Linh is expected to give birth soon at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. With Asian elephants endangered, every captive birth adds a new ...

WASHINGTON — This year, spring showers brought a special April flower to Washington, D.C. — a 2-month-old Asian elephant named Linh Mai, or "spirit blossom" in Vietnamese. Linh Mai makes her public ...

A baby Asian elephant is about to step into the spotlight at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo - and she’s already winning over her caretakers behind the scenes. The critically endangered calf, named ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, in Washington, D.C. has announced one of its elephants is pregnant, the first time a baby elephant will be born at the zoo in 25 years. The zoo says 12-year-old Nhi ...

Linh Mai weighed 308 pounds when she arrived. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her. And the team keeping her alive hasn’t stopped since. A critically endangered Asian elephant calf named Linh Mai ...

Nov. 24 (UPI) --The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington announced Monday that Asian elephant Nhi Linh is pregnant, adding the zoo is "cautiously optimistic" its first elephant calf in 25 years ...

Is there anything cuter than seeing a newborn baby? Their big eyes, tiny size, and wobbly legs as they walk toward their mama, at least if the newborn in question is a baby elephant. Like many other ...

She had a tiny trunk and a very big debut. Now, DC’s newest elephant finally has a name. For the first time in nearly 25 years, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

Lucky visitors to Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are getting their first look at a new baby elephant.Linh Mai, a 2-month-old, critically endangered Asian elephant, will be on exhibit ...

Linh Mai, a rare Asian elephant calf, makes her first public appearance at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, a historic moment for conservation.