Forget what you’ve seen in pretty much every cartoon containing an elephant - they don’t actually eat peanuts, and we don’t really know where the rumour started. They’re a bit too small ...

Two elephants are pregnant and are expected to give birth next year - but there will be only one father in the delivery rooms. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio announced this week that for the ...

the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century.

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A young elephant at a venue in Thailand. They are used as a backdrop for selfies, ridden and forced to entertain tourists by playing football, painting, riding tricycles, throwing darts and ...

A simple sneeze can travel up to 100 miles an hour and spray a cloud of 100,000 germs. Sounds gross, but sneezing is actually a protective reflex that's designed to keep you healthy. It begins ...

“The Great Elephant Migration,” a touring public-art exhibition that has opened in New York, not only depicts wildlife but also helps save it. By Laurel Graeber More than a century ...

The kinds of things that make us sneeze are usually external irritants. Think dust, pollen, or pet dander, for example. But ...

This virus thrives in the nasal passages, leading to the irritation that causes sneezing. While the cold itself is generally mild, the symptoms can be quite uncomfortable, particularly when they ...

Victor Adeboyejo, a striker for Ontario's Bolton Wanderers, is struggling with a back injury caused by a “powerful” sneeze, the team manager says MI News/NurPhoto via AP A soccer player has ...

Bolton Wanderers striker Victor Adeboyejo has been sidelined by an unusual injury caused by a powerful sneeze. The 26-year-old Nigerian experienced discomfort in his ribcage and back following the ...