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 ...

Can they jump? Do their trunks have bones? Are they really afraid of mice, and do they really have good memories? Sean Hensman from the Rory Hensman Conservation and Research Unit in South Africa ...

It has often been believed that elephants are afraid of mice, but according to our local elephant experts at Siam Road in Windham, there is no truth to this “urban myth.” The only annoyance to an ...

While you might think that big cats are the kings of the savannah, it turns out that hooved animals are just as scared of elephants as predators like leopards—but we don't know why. When researchers ...

Queen Elizabeth, 90, and Prince Philip, 95, visited a new elephant center today. — -- Elephants may be scared of mice, but they don't seem to be star-struck by royalty. Queen Elizabeth, 90, and ...

Pliny The Elder once wrote of elephants: "Of all other living creatures, they cannot abide a mouse or a rat." Elephants being ...