Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories (Getty/iStock) Most of the research on elephant ...

Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or grippers, according to a new study that includes Rochester Institute of ...

Elephants have long unsettled and fascinated observers with what looks uncannily like a funeral rite, lingering over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two young male elephants greet the dominant male who invites younger males to accompany and leave with him. Caitlin ...

The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) Some wild African ...

In the study, Conor Myhrvold ’11, civil and environmental engineering professor Elie Bou-Zeid and mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Howard Stone analyzed photographs of elephant hair.

Morfeld’s research mirrors medical findings in humans. In a freezer at minus-80 degrees Centigrade, she has collected more than 3,000 blood specimens -- several for each of the 290 zoo elephants in ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they communicate to show real intention? A new study suggests they do. The research showed that elephants ...