Mar 12th, 2010 · Wildlife experts convene next week in the city of Doha in Qatar to consider how to control the trade in rare animals and plants. Trade in elephant ivory continues to be a contentious issue. And this year sees a brand new effort to move offshore and protect some of the ocean's most charismatic and sought-after species.
Dec 7th, 2009 · NPR science producer Jason Orfanon sends another dispatch from Antarctica. Hear the mellifluous sound of a snoring elephant seal!
Oct 23rd, 2009 · National Geographic's International Photography Contest will be coming to a close in about a week, and winners will be announced in early December. Here's a selection of some submissions from this past week.
Oct 20th, 2009 · Kate DiCamillo's latest children's book, The Magician's Elephant, begins with a crash when an elephant bursts through the ceiling of an opera house.
Sep 8th, 2009 · Firefighters don't rescue cats out of trees these days. And firefighters on New York's Coney Island didn't like it a bit, when they had to hose down an elephant. The city ordered the firefighters to bathe a circus elephant named Suzie, for a publicity shot. So the firefighters shut down the firehouse for the half hour bath. Luckily, there were no fires.
Jun 21st, 2009 · No, she's not Jamaican and she doesn't care if you like elephants. Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers up condensed tales of immigrant life in America. The Nigerian writer pulls back the layers of how we perceive "the other."
Mar 17th, 2009 · As congressional committees run a three-ring circus of committee meetings about the budget, health care and education, the annual parade of the Ringling Brother's Circus elephants proceed around the streets of the Capitol.
Mar 11th, 2009 · A federal trial under way in Washington, D.C. could affect the way 300 or more captive Asian elephants are treated in the U.S. There's an emotional debate about how best to handle the huge beasts.