Ruperta, Venezuela's only African elephant, appears to be suffering from starvation at the Caricuao Zoo in the capital of Caracas, becoming a symbol of the country’s deep economic crisis.

You may be surprised to learn that the relationship between the elephant and donkey and political parties in the U.S. goes all the way back to the mid-1800s. Read on to find out how we got here.

An apparently malnourished African elephant in a Venezuelan zoo — her ribs showing through her sagging skin — has become the latest symbol the deep economic crisis in what was once one of ...

The baby elephant “Dinu Daa” - meaning day of victory - was born on May 18, 2009, the same day troops killed Tamil rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, ending the country’s civil war.

The donkey and elephant are widely known as symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US. President Andrew Jackson was nicknamed "jackass" and depicted as a mule by opponents — but ...

The opening of a politically-themed bar in Washington, DC., sparked community backlash that forced the owners to remove a Republican symbol from the building’s façade. The owners of Political ...