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Uniting plantations to save Bornean elephants: Interview with Farina Othman
Farina Othman heard a loud boom when she was observing a group of Bornean elephants in a forest in the Lower Kinabatangan ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12d
Giant Sloths the Size of Elephants Once Walked Along the Ground. Here’s How the Massive Animals Evolved and Declined
Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size ...
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Did the Mycenaeans Encounter the Rare Dwarf Elephants of the Aegean?
Dwarf elephants likely lived into the Bronze Age Mycenaean era, influencing ancient Greek artifacts and culture.
Kansas Zoo Shares Name and Gender of Baby Elephant on TODAY
The Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, welcomed a baby elephant two days ago! Zookeeper Erica O'neil joins TODAY live ...
Indiatimes21d
Why elephants have big ears? Know the science behind it
Elephant ears are unique. African elephants have large ears. Asian elephants have smaller ears. Ears help regulate body temperature. They also enhance hearing. Elephants use ears for communication.
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What are elephants really ‘saying?’ First-ever library reveals communication mysteries.
In 1975, 19-year-old Joyce Poole was offered the chance of a lifetime: To study elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. Elephant researcher Cynthia Moss, who had just started a study of ...
Indiatimes21d
Why do elephants have big ears?
Elephants in warmer climates need larger ears to stay cool. That’s why African elephants, who live in hotter regions, have much larger ears than their Asian counterparts. The bigger the ear, the ...
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Ringling’s retired circus elephants to move to conservation center
The retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at a Florida conservation center next year, concluding a journey that began in 2015 when ...
Science Daily21d
Asian elephants have larger brains than their African relatives
African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless ...
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DU’s College of Law threatens legal action if CPW permits elephants at Renaissance Festival
DENVER (KDVR) — A legal battle may be brewing over the use of elephants at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. On Tuesday, the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project at the University of Denver ...
Phys.org21d
Asian elephants have larger brains than their African relatives, researchers discover
African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless ...
Houston Chronicle25d
Several art elephants from the Great Elephant Migration will make their home in Hermann Park
Four of the elephants from the Great Elephant Migration art exhibit will permanently make their home in Hermann Park in Houston. The public art installation of 100 life-size Indian elephant ...