Let’s take a look at just how long an elephant’s gestation period is and learn a little more about elephants themselves along the way. There are two extant species of elephants: the African ...

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have achieved a milestone to resurrecting the woolly mammoth: laboratory mice with thick, ...

Elephants have the longest gestation period among land mammals: it lasts from 20 to 22 months for the African elephant and can even reach up to 28 months for the Asian elephant. The female has ...

In optimal conditions, elephants may reproduce at a rate of 6 percent. Elephants have the longest gestation period of any animal at 22 months, and twinning is rare, though it does happen. Elephants do ...

The birth came after 20 months of pregnancy. It’s the first live elephant calf born at the zoo in more than a decade — and Rose-Tu’s third. The experienced mother most recently gave birth to ...

HIROSHIMA: A zoo in Hiroshima announced on Wednesday (Aug 21) that it had confirmed Japan's first case of an African forest elephant pregnancy, a species threatened with extinction, Kyodo news ...

On Saturday, the Oregon Zoo welcomed its newest resident as Rose-Tu, a 30-year-old Asian elephant, gave birth to her calf after more than 20 months of pregnancy. The calf was born at 4:29 p.m ...

Pictured on Feb. 1, 2025. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth on Saturday after 20 months of pregnancy, the zoo said in a news release. The calf appeared to be a 200-pound (90 ...