Elephants

Elephants Understand Pointing Too, Even With Little Prior Training

Pointing may seem a simple gesture, but try communicating it across species - it becomes frustrating and nearly impossible in many cases. To that end elephants are remarkable, not only are they not domesticated, but new research published Oct. 10 shows how well they understand the human gesture of pointing, shedding insights on their complex understanding of communicative gestures.

Radioactive Carbon Dating Can Help Fight Poachers, New Research Shows

Researchers from the University of Utah have come up with a novel method to fight the illegal poaching of animals such as elephants. All it requires is measuring the radioactive carbon-14 present in the tusks.

    Latinos Stream

    • Get Connected
    • Share
    • Like Us on Facebook
    • @LatinosPost
    • Recommend on Google
    Newsletter

    Subscribe to the latinospost newsletter!


    Real Time Analytics