How a 400,000-year-old elephant skeleton solved a tantalizing puzzle of early human behavior

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...
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Experts issue warning after concerning string of incidents between humans and elephants: 'Unpredictability is high'

"Can trigger erratic behavior and heighten conflict risk." Experts issue warning after concerning string of incidents between ...
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Researchers make concerning discovery after studying elephant behavior: 'This is kind of code red'

The decline in Africa's population of forest elephants has had a direct impact on the decline of its ebony trees, a new study based in Cameroon now shows. A study published this August in the journal ...
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Animal Behaviors That Scientists Still Can’t Explain

Explore the strange animal behaviors science can’t fully explain in this roundup of nature’s enduring mysteries.

How the brain's internal central clock controls rhythmic foraging

Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by ...