Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...

Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...

“Ultimately it comes down to where that element comes from, how the animal gets it into their ... to get permission to extract the elephant’s molars and a tusk before she could be buried.

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Misha was euthanized in 2008 due to declining health. At that time, and with an eye toward advancing isotope research, University of Utah distinguished professor Thure Cerling asked if his team could ...

The driver of a lorry, travelling at high speed, had no time to stop, so he swerved onto the other side of the road. One elephant managed to escape, but the other, a tusker, got its left tusk stuck on ...

There’s an Indian folktale about six blind men who encountered an elephant for the first time. The first touched the side of the huge animal, and concluded that it’s a “wall.” The second put his hand ...

AFP In one, an elephant at a festival was spooked by fireworks, jabbed its companion with a tusk and triggered a stampede ...