The Oregon Zoo’s newest baby elephant arrived over the weekend. At 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf that ...

Zoo staff has been keeping their distance to give the mom and baby time to bond, but the calf appears to be a baby girl, ...

Zoo staff had been on baby watch since Jan. 29, when Rose-Tu’s progesterone levels dropped to near zero, indicating labor should begin soon. The father is 25-year-old male elephant Samson.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo’s baby elephant is showing off her adorable trumpeting sounds as she greets another member of the Elephant Lands this week, resident Asian elephant Sung-Surin.

Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu is seen with her baby after giving birth at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore. on Feb. 1, 2025. (Oregon Zoo via AP) ...

(KOIN) – After a week of baby watch ... s a boy or girl. “We couldn’t be happier with how everything is going so far,” said Steve Lefave, who oversees the zoo’s elephant program.

The Oregon Zoo’s newest baby elephant arrived over the weekend. At 4:29 p.m. Saturday, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf that appeared to be a healthy girl, weighing in the vicinity of 200 pounds.

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth on Saturday after 20 months of pregnancy, the zoo said in a news ...