Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An elephant cow Chupa stands in a zoo. Martin Schutt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa Elephants normally wash themselves by using their handy ...

The Columbus Zoo is hosting a baby shower for its newborn elephant calf. Sunny gave birth to the 215-pound calf on July 23. If you haven't had the chance to attend a baby shower this summer, the ...

Elephants are serious about self care. To stay cool, and protect their skin, they wallow in mud, bathe in dust and use their trunks to spray themselves with water. Now, an Asian elephant named Mary, ...

Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful pranks. A new study documents Asian elephants’ skillful use of hoses ...

This clever elephant didn’t just figure out how to turn a hose into a shower—she also had to deal with a mischievous friend. Reading time 2 minutes Footage of hose-wielding Asian elephants at the ...

Nature | 3 min read Shower time brings out green-eyed elephant Two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) have been recorded engaged in behaviours never before observed in the large mammals. One, named ...

An Asian elephant has been dubbed the “queen of showering” after it was filmed washing itself with a hose in a German zoo, demonstrating “remarkable skill”, according to stunned scientists. Mary was ...

An elephant in Germany has taught itself how to shower, using a regular hose and skillfully positioning it to clean all parts of the body. Mary is an Asian elephant and is one of several being studied ...