Elephants at the Oregon Zoo squished giant squashes, except for Tula-Tu, who had her own small pumpkin to kick around.

For 27 years, every October, the zoo's Asian elephants have been presented with large pumpkins to squish and squash.

Many people participate in Secret Santa gift exchanges. But others like to take things a step further and plan a White Elephant swap. In case you aren’t familiar, White Elephant (aka Yankee Swap aka ...

Baby elephants might grow to be one of the largest land animals in the world, but they are only around 200 to 300 pounds when they are born. Did you know that young elephants are called calves? Or ...

THE BEST WHITE ELEPHANT gifts should offer a little more than you might think. After all, the objective is to amuse and entertain, but in a fashion that's ultimately something they will use more than ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The best white elephant gifts typically fall into one of two categories: gag gifts and practical ones.

If you're lucky enough to be invited a white elephant party, you're going to want to be prepared. That means showing up with a gift that people will covet (translation: steal) for its usefulness, ...

African elephant populations are sometimes thought to differ only by the location of the animals, but, evolutionarily speaking, forest and savannah elephants are as separate genetically as Asian ...

A young bull elephant in South Africa appears to have invented a game in which he uses his trunk to fling rocks at safari ...

This summer, people in cubicles around the globe fought off tears at work while reading and watching the story of Raju the elephant. You know Raju, right? He’s the elephant that was rescued from a ...