How Do You Dress an Elephant? One Fit at a Time
Custom looks. Accessories. Liberty mascot Ellie the Elephant has become a cultural icon for her distinctly New York looks ...
ZME Science3d
Survival of the sneakiest: how weaker males outwit gigachads in the mating game
Look away, hunks; this one may sting a bit. In the wild, the law is straightforward: it's all about survival of the fittest.
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Elephants Are Either Left Or Right-Trunked, And Their Wrinkles Reveal Which One
We knew this before the study, but its authors found something new ― namely, that their preference was reflected in the wrinkle changes on the sides of the elephants’ trunks they studied.
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Shankar’s loneliness is a global concern. Now everyone’s fighting to find the elephant a match
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is busy posting photos of Shankar gambolling on Delhi Zoo grounds. And ...
Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
It’s a gut-wrenching concept: drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds ...
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to larger park; sign poaching under control: Officials
Kenya is relocating 50 elephants from a national reserve to a larger park after overpopulation overwhelmed the ecosystem, in ...
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How an Elephant’s Wrinkles Reveal Whether It Is Right- or Left-Trunked
To understand the development and purpose of trunk wrinkles, a team of scientists focused on Asian and African elephants. They studied live individuals in zoos and tissue samples in museums ...
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There’s a wrinkle — or many — in the story behind an elephant’s trunk
A bump in the elephant brain stem pointed scientists to the wrinkles on their trunks and the role those folds play in the ...
WAZA suspends Delhi zoo’s membership for six months
World Association of Zoo and Aquarium suspends Delhi Zoo for mistreatment of African elephant Shankar, sparking concerns over ...
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Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
Elephants may be a prized sight on safari, but they can be dangerous for those living alongside them. In Namibia, which has around 21,000 elephants, according to a 2022 survey, some areas have so ...
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Two African countries say they need to kill elephants for food. Critics say it’s cruel and won’t work
Drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds of their most captivating ... Namibia announced it had embarked on a cull of 723 animals, including 83 ...