Emily is a drum-playing elephant at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford! I'm officially jealous of Jon Rossi, musician, drummer, actor, and host of The Rossifari Podcast, who has been lucky ...

At the elephant enclosure, Kay Santos has been working with Ruth and Emily for over 22 years. When Santos takes out the bass drum, the enormous duo come running with excitement. More in U.S.

Ruth is a thinker; Emily snores. Meet the longtime elephant ‘roommates’ at New Bedford zoo. “As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, ...