He reached out to Hogle Zoo to get permission to extract the elephant's molars and a tusk before she could be buried. What ...

“What marks the decline of the animal is the wear on their teeth,” Barcelona zookeeper José María Santamaría said after finishing the Bully’s pedicure. “They go through six sets of ...

Jumbo, the most famous elephant in the world ... The grinding wears down their teeth, making room for new molars — elephants grow six sets over their lifetime. Examining Jumbo’s massive ...

The new approach includes knowing how to adapt to the needs of aging animals, which has led zoos to create bigger, more nature-like enclosures, such as the Sahel-Savannah area at the zoo in the ...