Elephants have passed a test of intelligence which scientists say has “profound” implications for our understanding of their mental capabilities.

Elephants living near people are more curious and more likely to raid crops - insights that could help reduce human–elephant ...

To test the elephants, the scientists traveled to Thailand, where they posed a problem to 12 Asian pachyderms. The elephants had to pick up a stick and hand it over to their mahouts, or trainers.

Elephants recently aced a test of their intelligence and ability to cooperate, with two of them even figuring out ways that the researchers hadn't previously considered to obtain food rewards.

Elephants: Do Giant Brains Mean More Smarts? Episode 4 | 11m 38s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions | AD CC. Let's explore, outside of memory, how intelligent elephants are. African ...

Elephants, Earth’s largest land mammals, have long captivated human fascination with their majestic appearance and remarkable characteristics. However, it is their incredible intelligence and ...

Elephants are widely regarded as possessing advanced brains, displaying levels of intelligence seen only in humans, dolphins, chimpanzees and others capable of higher forms of thinking.

Images of elephants roaming the African plains are imprinted on all of our minds and something easily recognized as a symbol of Africa. But the future of elephants today is uncertain. An elephant ...

According to WWF, the population of Asian elephants decreased from 100,000 to between 35,000 and 50,000 over the past century, while African elephants dropped from between 3 million and 5 million ...

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If an elephant is intelligent as we say that they are, they're gonna come up with ways to deal with the mitigation strategies that the farmers have come up with.