New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant - a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film 'Dumbo' - will be revealed in a BBC One ...

Jumbo, a famous elephant that belonged to showman P.T. Barnum, at the London Zoo. (London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Perspective by Luke Fannin Americans have long been ...

A new exhibit called Jumbomania at the Elgin County Heritage Centre explores Jumbo's life, how he became a global icon that's still well-known today, and the mysterious circumstances leading to his ...

In 1882, the London Zoo sold Jumbo, an elephant that had been born wild in the Sudan in 1859, to Barnum for $10,000. The elephant, which had been famous for his impressive size and mild temperament at ...

Dr Richard Thomas, from the University of Leicester's School of Archaeology and Ancient History, was invited as lead scientist on the 'Attenborough and the Giant Elephant' documentary. As part of the ...

Jumbo remains embedded into the present-day St. Thomas community which has a massive statue of the elephant it built in 1985, for his 100th death anniversary.