James Manclark, who has died aged 86, was a farmer, landowner, property developer and an entrepreneur with interests in oil ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute this Earth Day, April 22. She was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father ...

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen stone tools, highlighting unexpected technological sophistication 500,000 years ...

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

Every year, visitors eager to shake off the winter blues turn out in droves to the Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Friday that its less than 2-week-old female Asian elephant has been named Linh Mai, Vietnamese for spirit blossom. The 308-pound calf was the first elephant ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An elephant’s trunk is a wonder of evolution. Gentle, yet ...

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 ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), reveals the secret to the ...

The elephant has previously killed two local residents. A 69-year-old Thai tourist was killed by a wild bull elephant early Monday morning while he was exercising at the Khao Yai National Park in ...

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 ...