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 ...

'Elephant Mary is the queen of showering.' By Laura Baisas Published Nov 8, 2024 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries ...

For Mary the elephant, the best way to get clean is not using her trunk, but a hose. Her surprising act of tool use was captured on video at her home in the Berlin Zoo — along with what researchers ...

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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Anyone else interpreting Mary’s inner monologue during the shower? Specifically “oh, yeah… that’s the spot”. There’s a couple times that really seems to be the body language. I think while that may ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Scientists have long known that elephants exhibit some advanced social behaviors that we humans find familiar, including tool use and funerals. And a new study from Colorado State a university offers ...

The Military District of Washington's Joint Color Guard present the flags as a two ton Asian Elephant opens the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Zing Zang Zoom" circus performance at George ...