Humans and elephants have a surprising number of traits in common. These animals are highly intelligent and emotional, feeling many of the same emotions as we do. They’re among the world’s most ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful ...
When we say elephant and crocodile, it seems odd that we could put them in the same sentence. After all, crocodiles are ...
A young bull elephant in South Africa appears to have invented a game in which he uses his trunk to fling rocks at safari guides, forcing them to play defense. The accompanying footage, besides ...
Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It sounds like the start of one of Aesop’s fables. But in a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers offer up some answers. This all ...
An elephant can lift a log, swing sand onto its back, and still pick up a peanut without crushing it. That mix of strength and delicacy has always looked a little mysterious, especially because ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...