In the footage, the little elephant rises awkwardly, legs akimbo and wobbling like jelly. In a touching gesture, the mother places her trunk under the baby’s body to help steady it as it trembles to its unsteady feet and takes its first tottering steps.

Pacifiers are essential for parents with newborns, as they help calm the baby. However, humans aren’t the only ones who use objects for comfort. Baby elephants also chew or suck on various objects as

The baby, a boy, weighed in at 222 pounds and has not yet been named Amanda Carberry/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced the birth of its second baby Asian elephant this year The baby, a boy, was born to his 38-year-old mom ...

Adorable photos show two newborn baby elephant shrews being tended to by their mom after a zoo became the first to ever breed the unique African species in the UK. Hertfordshire Zoo is celebrating the "monumental milestone" after the two rare black and ...

When the National Zoo’s female elephant calf, Linh Mai, saw zookeeper Megan Mrozinski with a big bottle of formula Tuesday morning, the animal hurried after her. Mrozinski leaned over the barrier of the indoor elephant compound and stuck the nipple of the bottle into the baby’s mouth.

Sometimes births go exactly as planned. And sometimes they turn into seven-hour nail-biters where the medical team starts wondering if they'll even be able to save the mom. N'Dala's delivery was definitely the second kind. Reuters captured the whole ...

The Columbus Zoo is hosting a baby shower for its newborn elephant calf. Sunny gave birth to the 215-pound calf on July 23. If you haven't had the chance to attend a baby shower this summer, the Columbus Zoo hosting one—elephant style. The Columbus Zoo ...