The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating Earth Day with flair this year. Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at the zoo on April 22, appearing ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai with "auntie" Swarna at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C.(Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo) A baby Asian elephant is expected to begin welcoming visitors to the ...

When the going gets tough, some people — think former “Rehab Addict” coach Nicole Curtis — just keep digging. Sometimes, um, fart digging? “Fart digger” is what Curtis told “The Breakfast Club” she ...

Everybody farts. The question is how often? And how much gas is too much gas to pass? Those are questions that arose from frustration with a piece of lab equipment. To see the fart sensor in action, ...

When Brantley Hall opened enrollment for his Human Flatus Atlas project to measure how much wind people break in a day, he expected a few dozen takers. They filled their roster in a few days with ...

For elephant enthusiasts who can't get enough of the five African elephants, the latest additions to the Reid Park Zoo, live cameras streaming video to the zoo's website are in the works. The live ...

After more than three years of work, the Safari Park’s new elephant habitat is set to open to the public Thursday, providing visitors up-close viewing of the park’s herd of eight endangered African ...

Everyone farts. In fact, the average person farts an estimated 25 times a day, per the Cleveland Clinic. That's at least once an hour. Most of them are quick and odorless, but sometimes the smelliest ...

The southern elephant seal’s conservation status in South Africa has improved from near threatened to least concern, with experts citing four decades without major threats to its breeding colonies on ...

Did you get wind of what that new fart study found—you know the one recently published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X? Well, participants in the study farted on average 32 times a day ...

Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They play a crucial role for the animals, which have thick skin and poor eyesight. Elephants cannot regrow these hairs, meaning a lost one creates ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...