Elephants seem to have 20 different copies of a tumor-suppressing gene known as p53. This gene encodes a protein, also known as p53, which serves as a crucial cell protector .

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Elephant Sanctuary, in Hohenwald, celebrated its 30th anniversary in March, marking three decades of adopting former circus and show elephants and allowing them to retire in peaceful wilderness.

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I encountered my first elephant when I was eight years old, while visiting my grandparents in Bangkok. Back in the 1980s, it was common to see the animals roaming the streets, begging for food in ...

Google has added a new screensaver called Home Controls to Android 15. Home Controls lets you quickly access your smart home controls as a screensaver. The feature is rolling out to Pixel Tablet ...

Elephants' private way of communicating is one of their worst-kept secrets, known to science even if we humans can’t actually hear or understand what they’re saying. The remarkable way of ...

This is the shocking moment an elephant stamps its trainer to death after being hit by a bamboo cane. The 2000 pound elephant stomped on him in an open field of an elephant safari park in southern ...

Whether they’re solving puzzles, doing math or wielding tools, elephants have long been known for their cognitive abilities, and a study published this week suggests yet another aspect to their ...

Humans have a long history of inventing names for elephants. There is Disney’s Dumbo, of course, and Jumbo (a 19th-­century circus attraction) and the famed painting elephant Ruby from the ...