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 ...

For generations we’ve repeated animal “facts” that sound believable but simply aren’t true, from elephants fearing mice to bats being blind. Camels don’t store water in their humps, they store fat, ...

Origins: One of our more familiar comical scenes is the topsy-turvy image of a gigantic elephant standing on its hind legs atop a chair or platform, cowering in ...

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 ...