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Do elephants really 'never forget'?
By Joshua A. Krisch published
Elephants are known for their extraordinary memories, but is it true that they never forget?
Asian elephant mom carries dead calf for weeks, new eye-opening videos reveal
By Stephanie Pappas published
Asian elephants, like their African cousins, seem to mourn their dead, sometimes carrying their lost infants for days or weeks.
After rampant ivory poaching, some African elephants lost their tusks — Why?
By Cameron Duke published
For some elephants, survival meant ditching their tusks. Now they are slowly getting them back.
Baby elephant abandoned by internet-famous herd has been rescued
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
An injured baby elephant that was abandoned by its herd in China has been rescued by a local animal rescue group, according to recent news reports.
Elephants inhale water at 330 mph
By Mindy Weisberger published
Suction in elephants' trunks is more powerful than scientists thought, about 30 times as forceful as the expulsion of air during a human sneeze.
Elephants counted from space using satellites and AI
By Harry Baker published
A combination of satellite images and deep learning computer algorithms can spot elephants from space as well as the human eye.
Man revives baby elephant using CPR: How does that work?
By Patrick Pester published
A man successfully revived a baby elephant using CPR after the animal was involved in a road accident. How did he do it?
350 elephants killed by 'a combination of neurotoxins' in water, Botswana government says
By Brandon Specktor published
Toxic cyanobacteria may have killed 350 elephants in Botswana, government says
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