Elephants
Bad 'Pee-R': Elephant in the room urinates on Republican convention floor, sparking condemnations
Paige, an African elephant, was paraded through the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston after Governor Greg Abbott’s keynote speech, and was seen wearing a large banner supporting Abbott.
Elephant diplomacy: Ambassador marks mark 72 years of Thai-Israeli relations with zoo visit
Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study
Ancient charcoal found in northern Israel sheds new light on how early humans lived - study
Woman finds ancient mastodon tooth on beach
The tooth belonged to a Pacific mastodon, a creature that went extinct over 10,000 years ago
Study claims elephants are self-domesticated, experts disagree
Elephants may be the only species next to humans, and possibly bonobo apes, to have domesticated themselves - this is the bold claim a recent study makes.
Elephant extinction could have major impact on atmospheric carbon levels, researchers say
The possible extinction of these giants found in the wild could have detrimental effects on the environment.
Neanderthals hunted, butchered elephants, study reveals
The evidence comes from the Neumark-Nord 1 site near Halle, Germany, where 3,122 bones, tusks, and teeth have been found.
Elephant-sized asteroid to skim past Earth in close flyby - NASA
Asteroid 2022 XX, a bit larger than an elephant or twice the size of Andre the Giant and Shaq, will pass just 200,000 kilometers away from the Earth.
Botswana investigates elephant deaths near Chobe National Park
Two years after a natural toxin killed 300 elephants, a new spate of elephant deaths has authorities wondering what caused the deaths this time.
First Temple period elephant-tusk ivories unearthed in Jerusalem
What do expensive ivory plaques from the First Temple period in Jerusalem unveil about the people who owned them?
Prehistoric elephant tusk found in kibbutz in southern Israel
The half-a-million-year-old complete tusk was discovered during a two-week excavation project aptly named "Operation Elephant."
Analysis of mastodon tusk reveals first evidence of seasonal migration
Using new isotopic and life-history analyses technology, scientists were able to reconstruct he landscape where the animal roamed during his adolescence and final years of his life.
Meet the elephants living in Israel 500,000 years ago
“Throughout hundreds of thousands of years, people were eating elephants,” Tel Aviv University Prof. Ran Barkai explained. “For this purpose, they developed specific tools.”
