Elephants Use Water Hoses with Impressive Skill —and Even Sabotage Each Other
Elephants seem to not only know how to use the hose, but also how to intentionally interfere with others using ...
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Elephants are left- or right-trunked — and it’s all in their amazing wrinkles
Elephant trunks have wrinkles since they are fetuses. When they're grown up, they have more wrinkles on their dominant side.
Scientists figure out the elephant word for “let’s go”
Elephant communication is so much more elaborate than we thought.
Wild elephants solve complex puzzles for food. But can their wits save them?
We knew they were smart, but this takes things to another level.
Elephants don’t like to eat the same thing twice for dinner, just like us
DNA metabarcoding unveils the culinary tastes of elephants.
Are elephants really frightened by mice?
Of mice and scared elephants. Why is this myth so prevalent?
How countries can wean off ivory trade: the example of Japan
Japan is far from a good example of how to deal with ivory, but its lessons could be very useful ...
Elephants have complex social support networks for orphans in their group
Friends can always make a big difference.
UK zoo starts vaccine trials for a deadly elephant virus
It’s a world’s first and it could save lives of many elephants.
Herd of adorable elephants caught on video napping in China
The sweetest thing you'll see all day.
The price of ivory is up 1,000% since global ban on ivory trade, but is slowly decreasing
The authors studied where ivory is sold and for how much -- in a bid to nip poaching at the ...
Decline in African forest elephants can raise atmospheric carbon dioxide
Everything is connected in nature -- and negative effects cascade.
There are actually two species of African elephants — and this may mean the difference between life and death
This means there are three species of elephants alive today.
Trump Administration reverses ban on African ivory
Even when you'd think he couldn't possibly stoop any lower, there he is, defying all odds.
Carbon dating confirms poachers are on a killing spree: 90% of ivory seized since 2002 is three years old
Forensic techniques suggest elephant massacres in Africa are as bad as we thought.
Environmental history encased in hippo teeth shows how poaching is altering Africa’s landscape
Poachers are destroying the delicate competitive balance between the two classes of plants in Africa's savannas.
Poachers responsible for 30% drop in savanna elephant populations in Africa
Africa's elephants might become endangered soon because of widespread poaching.
The medieval elephant was partly horse, partly dog, totally hilarious
There were some pretty epic works of art made throughout the Middle Ages and especially the Renaissance. But these elephants ...
Elephants rearrange family structure in response to poaching
Elephant social structure is deeply matriarchal, meaning their groups look to older females for leadership. A new study looks into ...
China destroys six tonnes of seized ivory as anti-poaching message
Photo: Vincent Yu/Associated Press As China's populace grew in affluence and trade restrictions with other countries became more permissive, the ...
China is killing Africa’s elephants
The number of elephant poaching in Africa has increased dramatically, as well as the Chinese demand for ivory, and according ...
