Elephants are not only extremely intelligent but have the ability to express deep empathy for others. They form close family ...

As the popular saying goes, “An elephant never forgets — or does it? Elephants are intelligent mammals that can recall faces ...

After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story. Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the ...

Joshua Plotnik worked to prevent deadly encounters between people and elephants. Then the funding froze. Lost Science Joshua Plotnik worked to prevent deadly encounters between people and elephants.

New York, September 27, 2023 – Individual innovation is considered one sign of intelligence within species, and elephants are among the animals that researchers have long taken an interest in because ...

When scientists study elephant communications, they often focus on females, and for seemingly good reason: Previous research had found that only females were socially integrated enough for individual ...

Elephants have names for each other - just like people do, reveals new research. Scientists discovered that the giant pachyderms address each other in the wild with name-like calls - a rare ability ...

Elephants are known for being wildly intelligent and incredibly social. They’re also one of the few animals — aside from humans — that grieve for their dead. They form tight social bonds with their ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful pranks. A new study documents Asian elephants’ skillful use of hoses ...

Just like people, some elephants might have more of a knack for puzzles than others, new research this week suggests. The study of wild Asian elephants at an animal sanctuary found that only some were ...

A camera trap screenshot captured a bull elephant interacting with one of the puzzle boxes in the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. The configuration of the puzzle box is a push door at the top, ...