Did you know that billiard balls used to be made from elephant tusks? Or the plastic that was invented to replace it contributed handsomely to the early years of the cinema industry? A.S.Ganesh ...

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A custom rotary ground clamp gets built from scratch, turning simple shop materials into a clever tool made for smoother, ...

A 65-foot-tall elephant building that’s been standing in Margate City since 1881, that’s what. Six stories of pure ...

Now that Sandra Boynton’s books have crossed generations of child-rearing — and her first, “Hippos Go Berserk!,” is ...

Four-ton Paige, brought in as surprise for attenders, made gushing debut after governor finished keynote speech An African elephant weighing roughly 4 tons that was brought to the Texas Republican ...

A new African savanna elephant has been welcomed at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, with officials saying he’ll play an important role in educating park attendees and mentoring a younger male elephant ...

Happy was the focus of a high-profile court case launched in 2018 over whether she had the legal rights of a person Happy, an elephant that became embroiled in a high-profile court case over whether ...

A new elephant calf makes her debut at the National Zoo on Tuesday, in celebration of Earth Day! The Asian elephant, Linh Mai, is the first one born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Linh Mai was born in ...

An older female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo is raising the herd's newest addition – a 2-month-old calf – after the baby was rejected by her mother. The National Zoo confirmed the ...

There’s a new superstar in the making at the National Zoo: Linh Mai, an Asian elephant calf, was born Feb. 2. The smallest member of the zoo’s herd, which includes her parents, Spike and Nhi Linh, ...