A new elephant calf makes her debut at the National Zoo on Tuesday, in celebration of Earth Day! The Asian elephant, Linh Mai, is the first one born at the zoo in nearly 25 years. Linh Mai was born in ...

WASHINGTON — This year, spring showers brought a special April flower to Washington, D.C. — a 2-month-old Asian elephant named Linh Mai, or "spirit blossom" in Vietnamese. Subscribe to read this story ...

A two-month-old baby elephant who was rejected by her mother shortly after birth is making her public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Wednesday, April 22. Linh Mai, or "spirit blossom" in ...

An older female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo is raising the herd's newest addition – a 2-month-old calf – after the baby was rejected by her mother. The National Zoo confirmed the ...

There’s a new superstar in the making at the National Zoo: Linh Mai, an Asian elephant calf, was born Feb. 2. The smallest member of the zoo’s herd, which includes her parents, Spike and Nhi Linh, ...

When the National Zoo’s female elephant calf, Linh Mai, saw zookeeper Megan Mrozinski with a big bottle of formula Tuesday morning, the animal hurried after her. It was 11:15. Feeding time. Mrozinski ...

For the first time in nearly 25 years, the National Zoo is introducing a baby Asian elephant to the public. Linh Mai, who was born at the zoo in early February, at a weight of 308 pounds, has spent ...

Swarna, an older female elephant, has been playing with and helping care for 2-month-old Linh Mai Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty A baby elephant at the Smithsonian's National Zoo has ...

The D.C. area has been waiting two and a half months to see her, and on Wednesday, they finally were able to meet the Smithsonian National Zoo’s newest Asian elephant calf. Visitors lined up early ...

Linh Mai weighed 308 pounds when she arrived. Her mother wanted nothing to do with her. And the team keeping her alive hasn’t stopped since. A critically endangered Asian elephant calf named Linh Mai ...

Since her birth in early February, the calf has been growing and beginning to bond with her care team and herd. She will go on view in-person and online starting April 22 Carlyn Kranking | Associate ...

Elephants have problematic moms, too. A baby Asian elephant named Linh Mai has gone viral after being rejected by her mother. Linh Mai was born on February 2 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...