In celebration of Black History Month, this collection of poems was submitted by Black Griots of Athens, in collaboration with the 2024–2026 Poet Laureate for Athens-Clarke County Mikhayla Robinson ...

By far, the zebra's most iconic feature is their brilliant black-and-white stripes. If you want a quirky animal name that ...

Bumblebee cognition looks small only until behavior is measured carefully. Experiments have shown play-like ball rolling that fits established animal-play criteria, and newer work demonstrates social ...

A seemingly impossible card trick claims to read the minds of five different people at the same time. With nothing more than ...

Elephants use their trunks much like a human uses their hands: to pick up food and manipulate objects. A new study finds that tiny, specialized whiskers on elephant trunks help them do it. Many human ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars. By Franz Lidz A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed ...

Admit it: Every time you read about the wealthy “avoiding taxes,” you assume something shady must be going on — offshore accounts, secret shell companies or some “creative accounting” that borders on ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...

The Olympic gold medal is the last and only thing missing from the resume of the man who might be snowboarding's final great renegade — Scotty James. The Aussie halfpipe rider wants it dearly. Is ...

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Hailed as The New York Times Critic’s Pick, “Water for Elephants” will make its Arkansas debut Feb. 24-March 1 at Walton Arts Center for eight shows. After losing what matters ...