"Newborn elephants, like Kirby, are born with their eyes open," Rob Bernady, elephant curator at the zoo, told Chron. "This is because an elephant calf needs to keep up with their herd quickly.

open image in gallery Kirby the Asian elephant is a little wobbly on her feet. The 314-pound calf was standing just six minutes after her birth (Houston Zoo) Shanti had been pregnant for 21 months.

A 314-pound baby elephant is the newest addition to the Houston zoo. According to the zoo, Kirby was born on Friday afternoon, November 15. Her 34-year-old mother, Shanti, was in labor for 19 ...

Baylor, the Houston Zoo's 13-year-old male elephant named after the Baylor College of Medicine, will soon be leaving to join the Denver Zoo's elephant herd based on the recommendation of the Asian ...