Why doesn’t an elephant use 1,000 times more energy than a mouse? Kleiber’s Law states that metabolism scales to body size at the three-quarter power.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Elephant Valley, a 13-acre-plus savanna at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, will bring guests so close to elephants ...

A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...

A photo of a long‑expired tube of toothpaste—dating all the way back to 1988—has gone viral on Reddit, attracting more than 50,000 upvotes. The reason? As the caption puts it: “Mom is using toothpaste ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the quotes came from Justin Todd, managing director at White Elephant Aspen. White Elephant Aspen, the city’s newest luxury hotel, has delayed ...

Over the years, there have been reports of human and elephant conflict, with estimates of the number of people killed by elephants reaching as high as 500. Researchers have linked these clashes to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chaibasa is a district in India’s Jharkhand state, and for the past ten days, they’ve under assault by an elephant. The wild ...

Procter & Gamble has agreed to revise the packaging of its Crest toothpaste brand under an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as some conservatives express concerns about the effects of ...