In an agreement finalized Friday, the Oregon Zoo assumed legal ownership of Rose-Tu’s new calf from Have Trunk Will Travel, the California-based company that had previously held rights to the young elephant.

“We’re all delighted at the arrival of Rose-Tu’s new calf,” said Kim Smith, Oregon Zoo director. “The calf is beautiful, healthy, tall and very vigorous."

Signs indicate that Rose-Tu, the pregnant pachyderm at the Oregon Zoo, is about to go into labor.

The Oregon Zoo's elephant mama is about to give birth to her second baby.

The Oregon Zoo's Asian elephant herd will be growing by one this fall as zoo officials announce Rose-Tu reached the 16-month mark in her pregnancy Friday. This will be Rose's second calf born at the Oregon zoo.

Packy turned 50 years old this weekend and the Oregon Zoo held a big party on Saturday to celebrate their famous elephant's birthday.

The Oregon Zoo’s Asian elephant Rose-Tu is pregnant, zoo officials announced today. The 17-year-old pachyderm, who gave birth to Samudra in 2008, is expected to deliver another member of the zoo’s celebrated elephant family in late 2012.

Packy, one of the oldest Asian elephants in the United States and an Oregon celebrity, will be turning 49 this month and the Oregon Zoo will be throwing a big birthday celebration.

Since his birth 43 years ago on mid-1960s network TV, the commander of the USS Enterprise has been a distillation of American ideals - one who finds himself suddenly reinvigorated for the 21st century now that the Kirk torch has been passed to a new generation.