How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships among the social species could impact that communication. African ...

With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that elephants tend to rely on acoustic and olfactory cues for communication. They use gestures and visual displays to ...

The elephant is the largest existing land mammal on Earth, weighing anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant (also known as the African ...

Elephants use their feet to sense vibrations in the ground. This is one of the ways that they "hear" the things happening around them. Humans and other animals actually have a similar sense. You might ...

Although we’re wiping them out with little consideration of it, big herbivores matter. Hippo poop helps Africa’s largest lake flourish; bison wallowing can enhance insect diversity in the prairie. And ...

The internet is shocked after a social media user posted a video showing how much water can go into an elephant's trunk in one go. The TikTok video, posted by silkelephant44, has received 87,500 likes ...

In India, collision with trains is a leading anthropogenic cause of elephant mortality. Here's how such incidents can be ...

The intricate network of crevices seen on the African elephant's skin helps it retain moisture and stay cool Michel Milinkovitch The African bush elephants’ wrinkled skin is one of its most defining ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — All things being equal, large, long-lived animals should have the highest risk of cancer. The calculation is simple: Tumors grow when genetic mutations cause individual cells to ...

When a moderately strong earthquake shook Southern California on Monday, it was the elephants that immediately responded. As a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego on Monday morning, a small ...

The elephant proboscis (trunk) exhibits an extraordinary kinematic versatility as it can manipulate a single blade of grass but also carry loads up to 270 kilograms. Using motion-capture technologies ...

Their interactions appear more nuanced than once believed. How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships among ...