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 ...

Elephants play an important role in the ecosystem. Researchers make promising discovery while studying elephant DNA: 'We are ...

This species isn’t the only shark with long pregnancies. The spiny dogfish’s gestation period lasts about two years. Elephants may be the champion mothers of the land-walking mammals. Elephant embryos ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Zoo says one of its four pregnant elephants has given birth. The zoo says the boy is a healthy African elephant calf. This marks an exciting milestone ...

More than twice as long as a human pregnancy! Close behind elephants are giraffes. They drop a 75 kg calf on average. Literally. Mom gives birth standing up, so the baby falls almost 2 meters to ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Zoo announced Monday that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf following a healthy, full-term pregnancy. This would have ...