From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these gentle ...

Tool use isn’t unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use abilities, too. Now a report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on ...

The manipulation of tools is something widespread across the animal world. While most use them to aid in feeding behaviors, some can even craft their own tools to solve complex problems. New research ...

An Asian elephant has been dubbed the “queen of showering” after it was filmed washing itself with a hose in a German zoo, demonstrating “remarkable skill”, according to stunned scientists. Mary was ...

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Elephants have excellent memories. In fact, researchers suggest their memory is just as good as that of dolphins and apes. An elephant never forgets might be an exaggeration, but elephants actually ...

Elephants are plagued by the same deadly bacteria that infected mammoths, genetic experts have found. A study of mammoth ...

An elephant never forgets, the saying goes. They certainly have remarkable brains, with about three times as many neurons as we have. Anatomically, their brains look like a caricature of ours. The ...

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