KRONBERG, Germany, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The director of Germany's Opel Zoo said the facility's three African elephants have finished eating 300 Christmas trees donated after the holiday.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A study in the journal Science suggests female elephants in protected wilderness areas in Africa and Asia live longer than those in European zoos.
DALLAS, June 25 (UPI) -- The last elephant in the Dallas Zoo, left alone by the recent death of her companion, is being sent to a new home at a Mexican safari park.
OXFORD, England, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- British researchers have determined African elephants' fear of angry bees might provide a low-tech elephant deterrent and conservation measure.
LEIPZIG, Germany, July 24 (UPI) -- A team of German, Swiss and U.S. scientists has announced the sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the mastodon.
STANFORD, Calif., May 30 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined wild herds of African elephants communicating by vibrations in the ground can determine which animal produced the vibrations.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- An increasing number of incidents involving African elephants attacking humans is leading some scientists to believe the animals may be seeking revenge.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A grassroots organization is trying to convince the Philadelphia Zoo to send its elephants to a sanctuary where they will have more living space.
BEIJING, July 18 (UPI) -- More of China's male elephants reportedly are being born without tusks because hunting of the animals for their ivory is affecting the gene pool.
WOODS HOLE, Mass., March 25 (UPI) -- Elephants can and do imitate sounds not typically made by elephants, something only humans were thought to do, say Massachusetts researchers.
