Mary the elephant shows off her hose-showering skills. Credit: Urban et al./Current Biology An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a ...

Elephants are serious about self care. To stay cool, and protect their skin, they wallow in mud, bathe in dust and use their trunks to spray themselves with water. Now, an Asian elephant named Mary, ...

There are few pieces of garden equipment as essential as a hose. Your lawn and plants need a lot of water to look their best, ...

Elephants are masters at using a hose – considered a complex tool because of its flexibility, length and the physics of flowing water. Researchers studying three Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at ...

Discovering a leak or kink in your garden hose can be frustrating. Older hoses tend to get these and eventually restrict water flow, so upgrading to a new one will definitely save you the headache.

Few pieces of gardening equipment are as simple and as useful as the soaker hose. It's amazing that recycled rubber tires can be worked into a hose that has become the ideal portable irrigation system ...