Pointing at something is one of those human universals that we do without thinking. We start showing infants objects by pointing very early, and when they get it—when they look at what we’re ...

A new study has revealed that elephants aren't afraid of drones, as was previously thought. Their surprisingly calm response to being filmed and tracked by the flying cameras could open new doors for ...

If you ever get an opportunity to go to Thailand, chances are you'll come home with a souvenir with the country's national animal on it…the Asian elephant. Elephants are more than a point of pride in ...

Thailand's most revered animal — the wild Asian elephant — has now become one of the country's biggest problems. Decades of deforestation and overdevelopment of natural habitat is pushing wild ...

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Elephants have distinct names for each other just like humans do, say researchers at Colorado State University who've been studying wild African elephants. One of the study’s authors, George Wittemyer ...

A recent newspaper article called "Elephant tears: Newborn weeps after being parted from mother who tried to kill him" reports about a newborn male elephant who "cried for five hours without stopping ...

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 ...

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