Elephants living in modern zoos are living significantly longer than they did half a century ago, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research—led by ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) in collaboration with Species360, the University of Southern Denmark and th e Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology—finds that the life expectancy of zoo elephants has improved steadily since the 1960s. ...read more read less