Collaborate Disseminate
A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it’s time for everyone to move on. They liken it to the way a… Continue reading Elephants ‘sing’ like a barbershop quartet when it’s time to get moving
Humans are fairly unique as a species because we refer to one another by name. This process, using vocal labels to identify another individual, is learned; people aren’t born knowing the personal names of all their familial and social contacts. Whereas… Continue reading Elephants talk to family and friends using individual ‘names’
There are so many ways to say hello. People wave, bow, shake hands, hug, kiss, fist bump, say “hi” or any combo of these. But there’s one greeting from nature that we sure hope doesn’t catch on, as a new study finds that elephants often greet chums wit… Continue reading Excretings! Elephants say hello in a way you’ll never forget
We’re a step closer to seeing a live woolly mammoth walking the Earth for the first time in 4,000 years. Colossal Biosciences, a company dedicated to the controversial-but-unquestionably-cool goal of resurrecting extinct species, has now announced a ma… Continue reading Resurrecting the mammoth: Elephant breakthrough gets us a step closer
It almost sounds like a fairytale: a tiny ant dramatically impacting a giant lion. But thanks to a study that reveals just how interconnected all life forms really are, researchers have just figured out that it happened on the savannas of Africa.Contin… Continue reading Invasive ant causes chain-reaction, sparing zebras from lions in Kenya
Even though we could, most of us don’t want to eat the same food for every meal. Now researchers have discovered it’s the same for African elephants, whose diverse and individualistic food selection shows they’re incredibly discerning at the dinner tab… Continue reading Like humans, elephants also prefer variety at dinner time
An exciting new study from an international team of scientists has shed some light on exactly why elephants, one of the biggest animals on the planet, paradoxically experience unusually low rates of cancer. The research found these remarkable mammals c… Continue reading How elephants avoid cancer – and we could too
The international ivory trade has been banned for over 30 years now, which means that technicians restoring ivory artifacts have to get creative in finding alternative materials. A new 3D-printable substance known as Digory appears to fit the bill nice… Continue reading Tusk-free ivory substitute can be 3D printed into complex shapes
If you watch many espionage or terrorism movies set in the present day, there’s usually a scene where some government employee enhances a satellite image to show a clear picture …read more Continue reading Science Officer…Scan for Elephants!
New research from a team of Canadian anthropologists is suggesting a famously debunked story about drunken elephants may have a kernel of truth in it after all. The researchers investigated a number of mammals for the presence of a genetic mutation lin… Continue reading Genetic study rekindles the myth of the drunken elephants