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Georgia Tech researchers and Zoo Atlanta are innovating technology to keep elephants healthy and sharp. Building on this innovation, Arianna Mastali, a Georgia Tech PhD student, is developing an ...

Happy was the focus of a high-profile court case launched in 2018 over whether she had the legal rights of a person Happy, an elephant that became embroiled in a high-profile court case over whether ...

Happy the Elephant, the beloved Bronx Zoo icon who proved the incredible intelligence of her species and was the center of a “human” rights case, was euthanized Tuesday. The 55-year-old Asian elephant ...

When James Mutton returned to his family's farm after college in 2002 he wanted to add an extra income to the traditional livestock and arable business. He chose Miscanthus, a crop which was then ...

The elephant's trunk is truly amazing, packed with around 150,000 muscle units. It can do everything from picking up a tiny grain of rice to performing heavy-duty tasks like uprooting trees.

A rare Asian elephant calf named Linh Mai is making her public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Her birth is the first at the zoo in nearly 25 years and is significant for the species' genetic ...

The National Zoo announced Friday that its 5-week-old Asian elephant calf, Linh Mai, will make her debut before the general public — and on the elephant cam — on April 22, an introduction to human ...

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 ...

An elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-4.0 Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days ago, the Oregon Zoo’s very own Tula-Tu reached a very important milestone. If you can believe it, the adorable baby ...

Who are you when you lose everything? That is what director Jessica Stone has said is at the center of the stage musical version of “Water for Elephants.” Sounds like a major downer, doesn’t it? Well, ...