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Two female Asian elephants standing next to each other.

December 13, 2022

New Mother and Daughter Asian Elephants On View at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Two new female Asian elephants, 19-year-old Trong Nhi (trong-nEE) and her daughter, 9-year-old Nhi Linh (nEE-lin), are now on public view at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, D.C., having completed quarantine following their Nov. 7 arrival...

Asian elephants Trong Nhi (left) and Nhi Linh (right) at Rotterdam Zoo.

November 07, 2022

Two Female Asian Elephants Welcomed to Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute community is celebrating the arrival two female Asian elephants, 19-year-old Trong Nhi and her daughter, 9-year-old Nhi Linh, to Washington, D.C.

A video "play" button over a still of Asian elephant Swarna standing in a sandy yard eating browse

April 20, 2022

How Do You Help an Elephant With a Toothache?

When female Asian elephant Swarna joined our herd in May 2014, her routine tooth exams showed an unusual shape and wear pattern on her teeth. Elephant dentistry specialists joined the Zoo’s team to remove the culprit tooth.