A Rotated Fruit Box Reveals Asian Elephants’ Surprising Self-Control

Researchers dangled fruit in front of Asian elephants, then pulled a sneaky trick, and what the elephants did next is forcing ...

Scientists in Thailand hid fruits in an opaque box; 16 Asian elephants learned to navigate it for rewards and followed it along

In Thailand, Asian elephants demonstrate remarkable adaptability in their feeding behaviors when encountering challenges.
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Asian elephants have larger brains than their African relatives, researchers discover

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...
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Elephants think before they act and resist impulsive behavior

Experiments show Asian elephants are able to deny their impulses and choose a more rational course of action to solve problems. The post Elephants think before they act and resist impulsive behavior ...
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Asian elephants can resist impulsive behavior, researchers find

Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College have found that Asian elephants can suppress impulsive behaviors and adjust their actions when circumstances change—a cognitive ability that ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This ‘Feisty’ Asian Elephant at the National Zoo Is Pregnant. She May Birth the First Calf Born There in Nearly 25 Years

Asian elephant Nhi Linh, who stands in the foreground, is pregnant. Behind her is Spike, who sired the calf. Skip Brown / Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Elephant ...
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Study says endangered Asian elephant population in Cambodia is more robust than previously thought

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered ...
Washington Post

An Asian elephant has been born at the National Zoo

A 300-pound Asian elephant calf was born at the National Zoo early Monday, the zoo announced Tuesday morning. The calf, a female, is the first elephant to be born at the zoo in almost 25 years, and ...

Australia is no longer promising to ban domestic trade of elephant ivory

A new study has found hardly any of the $1.2 million worth of elephant ivory sold or advertised in a six-month period in ...
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Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

A female Asian elephant calf was born Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh and father Spike at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. NOTE: B-roll and photos of the calf will be ...
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Asian Elephant Program Media Resources

Adult female Arrived on Nov. 7, 2022, along with her daughter Nhi Linh. They were a gift to the Smithsonian from the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands. Born May 13, 2003, at the Rotterdam Zoo. Bozie ...
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Asian elephants have larger brains than their African relatives

African elephants are the largest land animals on earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...