It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant🐘💕The zoo says the baby is “healthy, alert and bright-eyed.” She weighs 380 pounds, a wee little thing for a species that eventually lands somewhere between 6,000 and 12,000 pounds in adulthood. (Yes, a new elephant is quite literally a big deal.) The calf is mom Nhi Linh’s first baby. Her pregnancy was announced in November 2025, af

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington on February 2 celebrated the birth of a baby Asian elephant, its first in nearly 25 years. #elephant #Asianelephant #Smithsonian | Reuters

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo shared a video of Amahle, an African elephant, giving birth to a male calf on Monday. It was the second elephant born at the zoo in 10 days.🐘 https://bit.ly/3Z4U1PO | FOX26