If you’ve seen cartoon elephants before, you’ve likely noticed the stereotype that elephants fear mice. Given that they’re the largest land mammal on earth, it does seem unbelievable for elephants to ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

If you recall, it involved a question about whether elephants really are afraid of mice. I couldn’t find anything to justify the popular myth, but mentioned that one site (snopes.com) pointed out ...

Elephants do not like bees. Indeed just the sound of an angry bee is enough to make whole herds of mighty elephants flee in fear. Now African scientist Lucy King has been awarded one of the United ...

You would think that a mouse and an elephant would not get along, but in this story they do. Oh goodness I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start at the beginning. Once up on a time an elephant, well ...

At a time when encroaching human development in former wildlife areas has compressed African elephants into ever smaller home ranges and increased levels of human-elephant conflict, a study in the ...

Recent footage showing an elephant charging a safari vehicle in India has raised a question about proper behavior while observing wildlife. “If one is so afraid of seeing an elephant in a safari ...