The Oregon Zoo elephant family, including 1-year-old Tula Tu, crunching on bamboo brunches. Video is courtesy of the Oregon Zoo.

More than being an adorable activity, the bamboo brunch served as an enrichment excursion. The Oregon Zoo explained, "Care staff 'planted' the fresh bamboo throughout the elephants’ outdoor habitat, ...

Portland’s favorite pachyderm, Tula-Tu, may be halfway to a ton — but she’s still certifiably tiny, at least by elephant standards. The trunked toddler, who turned 1 year old last month, has been ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A 30-year-old Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo is being treated for tuberculosis, a zoo spokesman said. Rama the elephant tested positive on Friday. His condition poses no threat to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo provided by the Oregon Zoo shows Asian elephant calf Tula-Tu plays with a pumpkin at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore., ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo had more tricks than treats to show when handlers gave it a small pumpkin to play with during an annual fall event where giant elephants smash ...

Elephants at the Oregon Zoo got to crush and eat giant pumpkins to the delight of a crowd. The Squishing of the Squash is the Oregon Zoo’s annual festive fall animal enrichment activity for the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (WLS) -- It's not just families getting to take part in the Halloween festivities at the Oregon Zoo. The Oregon Zoo posted video on its Youtube page showing elephants pummeling mammoth ...

One of the Oregon Zoo's male elephants surveys his territory. Next door, the Oregon Zoo is constructing a $57 million exhibit for its elephant herd that includes ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo announced that Lily, the zoo’s youngest elephant, died of a virus Thursday night, one day before her sixth birthday. Lily died of a “sudden onset” of endotheliotropic ...

Pacific Northwest pachyderm pals unite! The new Oregon Zoo elephant license plate is now available. The plate, which was announced in 2024, is now available at any Oregon Department of Motor Vehicle ...