For decades there were rumors of ghost elephants in Angola. This explorer found them

A near-impenetrable plateau in Central Africa allowed elephants to hide from humans for years. The same landscape could also be their savior.
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How elephants experience time, and what this tells us about protecting them

By Mike DiGirolamo Khatijah Rahmat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in ...
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Rare 2,200-year-old bone suggests elephants crushed enemies in the Punic War

Although elephants appear in ancient texts, on coins, and in depictions of the legendary Punic Wars, a lack of skeletal remains has prevented archaeologists from making definitive claims. They could ...
Scientific American

The surprising science behind why daylight saving time is good for wildlife

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit ...
Iowa Public Radio

This week in science: elephant trunks, butterfly migration and a hot galaxy cluster

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Juana Summers. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: I'm Scott Detrow, and I am joined by Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's science podcast Short Wave for our ...