One of China's wandering elephants has finally made it home.Last week, a lone elephant who broke away from the herd...
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Deep-sea star. This brittle star, called Ophiojura exbodi, belongs to a newly described species, genus and family, and was found on the...
Fifteen Asian elephants caught the world’s attention as they trekked northwards for about 500 kilometres from Xishuangbanna prefecture in China’s...
In the past, researchers have blamed humans for hunting these animals to extinction thousands of years ago. But new research...
Elephants and their forebears were pushed into wipeout by waves of extreme global environmental change, rather than overhunting by early...
Just as humans have their own individual personalities, new research in the Journal of Comparative Psychology shows that elephants have...
Palaeontology 22 June 2021 Natural selection tends to shrink large animals living in places with limited food. Ancient elephants that...
Communication is crucial for elephants that live in complex multi-tiered social systems. Apart from their iconic trumpets uttered through the...
The country is home to the world's largest population of Asian elephants, a species listed as endangered, with declining populations...