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 ...

If you’ve seen cartoon elephants before, you’ve likely noticed the stereotype that elephants fear mice. Given that they’re the largest land mammal on earth, it does seem unbelievable for elephants to ...

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 ...

For generations we’ve repeated animal “facts” that sound believable but simply aren’t true, from elephants fearing mice to bats being blind. Camels don’t store water in their humps, they store fat, ...