Elephants are incredibly intelligent and social animals with several sophisticated methods of communication. They use all ...

This not only dwarfs the amount of neurons controlling Asian elephant ears, it is nearly 3,000 more neurons than are needed to operate the entire human face. Video.

When studying elephant social groups, the human observer can often ascertain the relationships among the elephants based on how they greet each other, Eleuteri said.

Elephants are known for their intelligence, complex social behavior, memory and size, including their giant ears. The ears of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) can grow up to 6.6 feet (2 ...

Elephant rumbles can be difficult for the human ear to differentiate, so the researchers used machine learning analysis: Essentially, they relied on A.I. to break down different elephant calls.

We may can confuse the meaning behind elephant actions because of the human perspective, says Marthe Kiley-Worthington, the director of the Centre of Eco Etho Research & Education in the U.K. “Most ...

Life Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago. Elephant-like species started going extinct faster when early humans evolved, and the rate of extinction rose even ...