When P.T. Barnum bought Jumbo, an African elephant from the London Zoological Society, the sale caused protests in England, and began a story full of sensation and tragedy.

An international team of scientists conduct an unprecedented examination of Jumbo’s bones to uncover answers 130 years after the elephant superstar’s death in Canada. Jumbo, the most famous ...

Jumbo lived under conditions that are unacceptable today. But his giant presence made people think about elephants and sparked the first glimmers of interest in elephant behaviour. A century and a ...