The ancient Greeks started it, Disney immortalized it, and MythBusters even tested it with a contraption called the Dung of Doom. But the real reason elephants sometimes sidestep mice has nothing to ...

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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 ...

Imagine the family reunion: In one corner, a three-ton elephant, in the other, a mouse-like mammal weighing in at about one ounce. The small creature, which was discovered in Namibia, looks like a ...