'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 ...

From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant ...

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 ...

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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 ...

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat and raw materials, according to a study published October 8, 2025 in the ...

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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 ...