Tag: elephants

March 20, 2026 at 12:55 pm

As Elephants Evolved To Live Entirely On Land, Their Feet Developed A Sixth ‘Toe’ That Causes Them To Walk Like They Are Wearing High Heels

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I would hate to walk around on tip toes, and I’m not nearly as big as an elephant.

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March 17, 2026 at 3:48 pm

Elephant Bone Found In Spain May Be The First Physical Evidence Of War Elephants Being Used In The Region 2200-Years-Ago

Elephants with Army

I can’t imagine seeing an elephant running toward me in a battle. Terrifying.

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February 24, 2026 at 9:49 am

New Report Shows That There Are As Many As 10,000 More African Forest Elephants In The Wild Than Previously Believed

African Forest Elephant

Finally, some good news for the African Forest Elephants.

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January 10, 2026 at 9:49 am

Initiative Moving Forward To Help Rehabilitate “Working” Elephants Back Into The Wild

Elephant eating

Elephants should not be held in captivity.

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August 7, 2025 at 9:48 am

The Indonesian Archipelago Was Home To Vast, Luscious Lowlands In Prehistoric Times. Now Fossils Reveal That Homo Erectus, Elephants And Rhinos Lived There Side By Side.

Indonesian islands with water

They tell us what truly lived in Indonesia, long, long ago.

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March 30, 2025 at 12:55 pm

It Turns Out That Animals Do Actually Get Cancer, Including Sharks And Elephants

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Animals big and small are susceptible to turning up with cancer.

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December 5, 2024 at 9:47 am

New Research Across The Animal Kingdom Shows That We Were Wrong: Larger Bodies And Longer Lifespans Don’t Always Correlate With More Cancer

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When it comes to cancer, all information is valuable.

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September 24, 2024 at 3:20 pm

Elephants Communicate With Infrasound At A Frequency So Low That Humans Can’t Hear It

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What a world.

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August 1, 2024 at 3:29 pm

The World’s Smallest Elephant Is Less Than 10-Feet-Tall And Is Now Officially Classified As Endangered

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Protecting the Bornean elephant could have widespread effects

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June 25, 2024 at 5:38 pm

New Research Shows African Elephants Call Each Other By “Name”

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This could be the first evidence of a non-human species using something like names.

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