Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes births go exactly as planned. And sometimes they turn into seven-hour nail-biters where the medical team starts ...

Sometimes births go exactly as planned. And sometimes they turn into seven-hour nail-biters where the medical team starts wondering if they'll even be able to save the mom. N'Dala's delivery was ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

This will be Mlilo's third calf, and her last baby was born in 2023, according to the zoo's announcement. The elephant's father is Tendaji, a 22-year-old bull. African elephants have a 22-month ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservation biologist and explorer Steve Boyes discusses the elusive giants featured in his new National Geographic film. Big ...

If you haven’t heard, the Big 12 is going to do something really interesting: the conference have an LED court for its basketball tournament. Here’s a video that shows some of its potential and here’s ...

Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...

American automaker Rivian and CrunchLabs, the STEM innovation company founded by engineer and YouTube creator Mark Rober, today announced an exclusive partnership. The partnership marks a multi-phase ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars. By Franz Lidz A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed ...