Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But whether elephants gesture intentionally to others to communicate goals in mind has not been systematically explored before. My ...

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Elephants have fascinated people for centuries, and the more scientists study them, the more impressive they seem. Their ...

Elephants have excellent memories. In fact, researchers suggest their memory is just as good as that of dolphins and apes. (Though, while scientific reviews show that elephants excel in long-term ...

Pointing at something is one of those human universals that we do without thinking. We start showing infants objects by pointing very early, and when they get it—when they look at what we’re ...

An elephant takes part in a test trial where the human’s body and face are directed towards the animal. Kyoto, Japan -- With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that ...

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LIWONDE NATIONAL PARK, Malawi — A tranquilized baby elephant is hoisted into the air and gently placed in a large truck that will take it to a new home. One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they communicate to show real intention? A new study suggests they do. The research showed that elephants ...

Vesta Eleuteri is affiliated to the University of Vienna and receives funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the grant "DK Cognition and Communication 2": W1262-B29 (10.55776/W1262). We ...