https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish and international researchers have found that modern-day elephants do not interbreed the same way elephants and mammoths did, swapping genes that helped them adapt to new habitats and climates. https://www.thelocal.se/20180227/why-do-todays-elephants-not-breed-like-ancient-species Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:19:45 +0100 why-do-todays-elephants-not-breed-like-ancient-species A Swedish elephant calf with a royal background has been struck down by herpes and is in critical condition. https://www.thelocal.se/20170314/royal-elephant-at-swedish-zoo-has-deadly-herpes-virus Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:01:11 +0100 royal-elephant-at-swedish-zoo-has-deadly-herpes-virus A family in Värnamo in southern Sweden awoke on Sunday morning to find an Indian elephants wandering about in their garden after having escaped from a circus which had set up camp in the vicinity. https://www.thelocal.se/20130526/48148 Sun, 26 May 2013 19:07:00 +0200 48148 The Borås Zoo in western Sweden has welcomed a rare new elephant calf as African elephant Dudu gave birth after two years of pregnancy. https://www.thelocal.se/20130523/48086 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:00 +0200 48086 Three elephants escaped from a travelling circus in Gothenburg on Tuesday afternoon, and went wandering through a nearby park. https://www.thelocal.se/20120529/41116 Tue, 29 May 2012 18:12:00 +0200 41116 Malmö emergency services had to break off their attempts to coax a lying elephant back on to its feet on Wednesday afternoon - the elephant refused and had to be put down. https://www.thelocal.se/20090311/18142 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:51:00 +0100 18142 A male baby elephant was born on Monday at Borås Zoo in western Sweden, the first male elephant ever born in the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20080813/13672 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:44:00 +0200 13672