by Adam Cruise | Dec 11, 2024 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick An aerial survey across the Okavango Delta in Botswana in 2020 discovered clusters of dead elephants. On the ground local conservationists came across a bizarre scene: waterholes littered with what looked like 350 elephant statues...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 6, 2023 | Studies
By Brown University Elephants eat plants. That’s common knowledge to biologists and animal-loving schoolchildren alike. Yet figuring out exactly what kind of plants the iconic herbivores eat is more complicated. new study from a global team that included...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 27, 2022 | News
By LIZABETH PENNISI – Science Pachyderms sport more brain cells for their ears alone than humans have for their whole face. No wonder pachyderms have some of the most expressive trunks and ears on the planet. African elephants (pictured) and Asian...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 8, 2020 | News
By Kimberly Hickok, Live Science AUSTIN, TEXAS: The marvel that is the elephant’s trunk — an extendable nose that can also help the pachyderm eat cereal and even paint — has just outdone itself. Researchers have found this impressive sensory organ can telescope...
