Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4 天
Ten Exceptional Ancient Elephants, From Small Swimming Creatures to Shovel-Tusked Beasts
If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...
The Hindu6 年
The Hindu Science Quiz: Of bacteria and elephant-sized herbivores
Which elephant-sized herbivore roamed on Earth during the late Triassic period? For answers, and more interesting questions, take this quiz! Updated - January 24, 2019 06:52 pm IST ...
来自MSN1 个月
How Elephants Help Make One Of The Most Expensive Coffees In The World
Some credit this to the fact that the beans were in the elephant's stomach along with other foods that make up their herbivore diet. The smooth coffee also lacks the bitterness that makes so many ...
Phys.org28 天
Misha the elephant lived in zoos, but her tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
More information: Deming Yang et al, Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel supports an integrated microsampling-modeling workflow to reconstruct herbivore migrations, Communications Biology ...
Science Daily26 天
Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant's tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Strontium isotope mapping of elephant enamel supports an integrated microsampling-modeling workflow to reconstruct herbivore migrations. Communications Biology , 2025; 8 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003 ...