The San Diego Zoo and Safari Park will be closing much earlier than they did last year during the summer months.

The moment was caught on the camera as the quake rocked Southern California, offering a rare glimpse at how elephants react to danger. In the footage, the large mammals run around initially, then ...

Adults Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi faced outward in separate directions to enclose their young in an “alert circle,” as seen in video from the zoo.

Joyce Poole, a conservation biologist with a doctorate in elephant behavior from Cambridge University, explained that elephants feel more secure when they are close together. When bunched, elephants ...

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...

A major 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck San Diego on Monday, and now the Southern Californian home to 1.4 million people hasn ...

Watch: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park surrounded the younger elephants in a protective "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the region Monday morning.