A new study taps into local knowledge to identify dozens of medicinal plants used elephants in the Mount Elgon region of ...
Learn how African elephants treat their ailments with plants and other natural materials, showing the significance of self-medication in the animal kingdom.
Wild African elephants living in the Mount Elgon region of Kenya appear to seek out specific plants when unwell. Local ...
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Wild African elephants found to self-medicate and feed their calves immunization smoothies
African elephants’ have been found to be canny users of plants favored in traditional medicine, many of which have been ...
Wild African elephants in Kenya may know which plants to seek out when they feel sick — and mothers may even prepare plant medicine for their calves, according to a new study shaped by Indigenous ...
How to eat an elephant: Fossil find in Tanzania shows oldest signs of butchering these giant mammals
Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now ...
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