Just how much can these lovable giants really do?

It’s an old, thoroughly observed fact: elephants don’t jump. They won’t leap across a ditch, won’t hurdle an obstacle, and never have all four feet off the ground at once. What’s really surprising is ...

Elephants mourn their loved ones, recognize themselves in a mirror and can’t jump, and those are just a few of the surprises.

African elephants range throughout the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa and the rainforests of Central and West Africa. The continent’s northernmost elephants are found in Mali’s Sahel Desert. The small ...