Long’uro struggles to connect with other elephants after losing his trunk as a baby. Play is how young elephants build bonds, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But whether elephants gesture intentionally to others to communicate goals in mind has not been systematically explored before. My ...

Elephants have fascinated people for centuries, and the more scientists study them, the more impressive they seem. Their ...

Pointing at something is one of those human universals that we do without thinking. We start showing infants objects by pointing very early, and when they get it—when they look at what we’re ...

An elephant takes part in a test trial where the human’s body and face are directed towards the animal. Kyoto, Japan -- With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African elephant has some of the world's biggest ears, measuring more than six feet long and more than four feet wide. It’s a ...

Last week, as is its wont, Southern California experienced an earthquake. Rated a magnitude 5.2 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was strong enough to unnerve, but not so bad as ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they communicate to show real intention? A new study suggests they do. The research showed that elephants ...