Once used by vets to anesthetize elephants, carfentanil is now an extremely dangerous illicit drug often disguised as an oxycodone tablet—and it's 100 times stronger than fentanyl.

Leading her herd, she tracked water, forage and safety guided not by policy documents but by ancestral memory passed down through generations.

Explore the fascinating intelligence of Nwoya's giants and discover how "When Elephants Outsmart Humans" reveals their evolving smarts.

In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen months to two weeks, new research suggests. Published in Cyborg & Bionic ...

Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant matriarch leads her group across a river at Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. Nick Nichols, Nat Geo Image collection ...

Looks like someone is growing up! A video of baby elephant learning how to use her trunk is the absolute cutest. She’s just figuring it out! I mean, I totally get it. If you suddenly realized that you ...

Deep in the savannas of Africa and the forests of Asia, something remarkable may be happening. Elephants, those magnificent giants with their distinctive trunks and formidable tusks, might be doing ...

Unlike humans, baby elephants can walk from birth. Baby elephants can often stand within 20 minutes of being born and can usually walk within an hour. The ability to stand and walk is a crucial ...

Some days, it feels like I’m only just beginning. After a lifetime of pretending—of masking, people-pleasing, trying to be what the world expected—I’m realizing I don’t really know myself at all. Or ...