He's a star of the BioPark, having lived there for decades. Now, Albert the Asian elephant has a new lease on life, after a ...

Zoo elephants were the source of a tuberculosis outbreak in 2013 in Multnomah County, Ore., according to a recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The public health ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock Zoo recently shared news that its eldest elephant, Zina, has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis after a test showed she was shedding the bacteria. The Little Rock ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A 30-year-old Asian elephant at the Oregon Zoo is being treated for tuberculosis, a zoo spokesman said. Rama the elephant tested positive on Friday. His condition poses no threat to ...

A team of doctors and vets in Pakistan has developed a novel treatment for a pair of elephants suffering from tuberculosis that involves feeding them at least 400 pills a day. The jumbo effort by ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One of the most popular residents of the St. Louis Zoo is being treated for tuberculosis, but zoo officials say the prognosis is good. Ellie is a 46-year-old Asian elephant and the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A new Centers for Disease Control report Friday says some zoo staff members got tuberculosis from at least one infected elephant, starting back in 2013. The zoo stood by its safety ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After losing three elephants to the same disease at the Albuquerque BioPark, the zoo is moving forward with building what they hope is a new line of defense: a special lab ...

(Reuters) - Animal rights activists have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, seeking the release of data about elephants and tuberculosis because of the risk that the animals could ...