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Judge rules in case of Colorado zoo elephants 'being held prisoner'
1-26-2025 |
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A rather unusual court case has recently raised questions about whether or not animals have the same rights as people.
Wild elephants each have their own names, new study finds
6-12-2024 | 7
Scientists now believe that elephants, like humans, have assigned names that they use when calling one another.
The largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants
VIDEO 3-12-2022 | 3
Comparisons with today's largest living land animals may not be quite as accurate as first thought.
Prehistoric rhino was taller than a giraffe
VIDEO 6-23-2021 | 2
Weighing the equivalent of four elephants, Paraceratherium linxiaense was an absolute monster.
Scientists solve mass elephant deaths mystery
9-24-2020 | 8
Hundreds of elephants have been mysteriously dying in Botswana and scientists have finally figured out why.
Mystery surrounds death of 150 elephants
6-18-2020 |
The unexplained demise of more than 150 elephants in Botswana has left authorities scratching their heads.
Elephants are more intelligent than we thought
4-12-2017 | 9
New research has shown that elephants possess a level of self-understanding that is rare in animals.
Elephants have world's best sense of smell
7-23-2014 | 14
African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
Elephant herd gets drunk on fermented fruit
4-24-2014 | 19
Field guide Ross Couper snapped several pictures as the intoxicated elephants hilariously rolled around.
Thailand coffee made from digested beans
12-8-2012 | 31
A unique and expensive type of coffee is made from beans that have been digested by elephants.
Herd of drunk elephants go on the rampage
11-9-2012 | 27
Dumurkota village in India was ransacked after a herd of 50 elephants broke in to a local liquor store.
Elephant personalities revealed by scientists
10-31-2012 | 11
Elephants are now believed to have four distinct personalities to help them survive in the African bush.
Elephants under threat as ivory demand soars
4-14-2012 | 17
Elephant populations in Africa are at risk of extinction due to increased ivory demand in China.
Elephants grew over 24 million generations
2-1-2012 | 14
Scientists have revealed that growing in size takes a lot longer for a species than shrinking in size.
Do elephants have six toes ?
12-26-2011 | 6
Scientists have determined that a long-debated bony growth on elephants' feet is actually a sixth toe.
Elephants capable of insight
8-25-2011 | 14
In a series of experiments elephants have been shown to be capable of spontaneous problem solving.
Elephants 'scared of ants'
9-4-2010 | 9
Its a popular myth that elephants are scared of mice however what they are really scared of is actually a lot smaller.
World's first set of male twin elephants born
3-23-2010 | 6
A set of extremely rare twin male elephants have been born in Thailand, both are alive and well.
Elephants could be extinct in 15 years
10-19-2009 | 21
Conservation experts have warned that African elephants could be extinct within 15 years due to the illegal ivory trade,...
Hovis bakes 3,300lb bread and butter pudding
10-4-2009 | 2
Hovis have entered the record books by baking a bread and butter pudding so large that it weighs more than two baby elep...
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