Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories (Getty/iStock) Most of the research on elephant ...

Elephants are well-known for their excellent memory capabilities, social intelligence, and facial recognition skills; however ...

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Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or grippers, according to a new study that includes Rochester Institute of ...

New research suggests elephants use unique vocal sounds to address each other, similar to human names. This indicates a more ...

An international research team analyzed 232 whole genomes from both savanna and forest elephants, collected across 17 African ...

When scientists study elephant communications, they often focus on females, and for seemingly good reason: Previous research had found that only females were socially integrated enough for individual ...

For years, elephants have been described as having amazing memories and that they never forget. However, the more interesting ...

In the study, Conor Myhrvold ’11, civil and environmental engineering professor Elie Bou-Zeid and mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Howard Stone analyzed photographs of elephant hair.