In the moment just before daybreak, Mount Jumbo looks most like its namesake. There, with tree trunks for whiskers, is the sleeping pachyderm, its trunk resting against the Rattlesnake Mountains, its ...

Professor of Art and Art History Andrew McClellan will open an exhibit on Jumbo the elephant at the Tufts University Art Gallery next fall, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the mascot's arrival on ...

The freshmen who were present at the "Celebration of the Class of 2005" at the Gancher Sports Center during orientation will long remember the excitement they felt during the fireworks display and ...

David Attenborough investigates the remarkable life and death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the movie Dumbo. Attenborough joins a team of ...

British author Chambers (A Sheltered Life: The Unexpected History of the Tortoise) tells the colorful story of a magnificent animal. Captured in Africa in 1862, the young elephant, later called Jumbo, ...

It never ceases to amaze me how much a person can learn by keeping his or her ears open and paying attention. It's not just a sign of a good reporter. It's also evidence of a good listener. After the ...

The force of the locomotive crushed Jumbo’s skull and drove one of his tusks ‘‘back into his brain’’. But was this really an accident, or had Barnum, or Scott, or both, committed ­elephanticide? When ...

MEATPACKING DISTRICT, Manhattan -- An impressive art installation in Manhattan's Meatpacking District depicting 100 life-sized elephants is aiming to raise money and awareness for the animals. The ...