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Harriet Tubman posthumously named Brigadier General, Mattel apologizes for a Wicked doll URL error, and Berlin Zoo's elephant Mary showcases her unique talent for self-showering!

What intrigued us most about the cardboard baron’s LinkedIn announcement that he was moving to the US was the name on his ...

A new science centre which will play a “significant role” in the conservation of the world’s most threatened species has opened at Chester Zoo. The new International Centre for Zoo Science ...

Scientists at the zoo say the new centre will enable them to attempt to unlock the secrets of species which have so far remained unstudied and a mystery to science, including Grandider’s vontsira and ...

Southern Africa is bucking the trend on the continent in terms of the decline in elephant populations, according to studies. And the reasons have a lot to do with economics.

In a stunning revelation, researchers have documented a drastic decline in African elephant populations over the past fifty years, raising alarms about the plight of these majestic creatures. This ...

Elephants normally wash themselves by using their handy trunks to dip into water and then squirt it on themselves. But not ...

When we think of animals using tools, animals like chimpanzees might come to mind. But some of the tools elephants use would surprise you.

In a remarkable display of intelligence, an Asian elephant at Berlin Zoo has stunned scientists by teaching herself how to shower using a hose, demonstrating what researchers have called ...

A clever elephant has cleaned up by learning how to use a hose as a shower. Mary, an Asian elephant, was caught on camera ...

An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists described as a “sophisticated behaviour” that shows “remarkable skill”.