We think this might be related to the similarity of trunk and hose,” Michael Brecht, a senior author from Humboldt University ...

While the last remaining wild elephants still find solace in the forests of India and the hearts of Indians, the writing on ...

A young elephant managed to get itself stuck between two tree stumps at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. But the rescue did not go as ...

An Asian elephant named Mary living at the Berlin Zoo surprised researchers by figuring out how to use a hose to take her ...

This clever elephant didn’t just figure out how to turn a hose into a shower—she also had to deal with a mischievous friend.

On October 8, 2024, in Zhejiang, China, at Longzhimeng Animal World, Chén Jiāxī recorded an elephant using its trunk to locate and grab carrots placed above it. The video shows the elephant skillfully ...

Tool use isn't unique to humans. Chimpanzees use sticks as tools. Dolphins, crows, and elephants are known for their tool-use ...

Elephants at the Berlin Zoo display remarkable tool use: one showers with a hose while another disrupts the water, hinting at ...

Elephants normally wash themselves by using their handy trunks to dip into water and then squirt it on themselves. But not ...

Kamala, a longtime member of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian elephant herd, was euthanized on Saturday following years ...

A pair of elephants at the Berlin Zoo have figured out how to use a hose as a make-shift flexible shower head. Not only do ...