If you’re a Drunk Elephant stan like moi, the ingredients will look familiar: Marula butter, ceramides, and squalane, along with shea butter and oat flour for extra moisture and soothing power. The warm, soft scent comes from real vanilla extract — no fragrance or essential oils here, staying true to the brand’s “suspicious six” ethos. […]
Elephants are seen at the safari park in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Fareed Khan Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal welfare organization said Wednesday. Dr. Amir Khalil with […]
White elephant parties present a unique challenge: Can you find something either cool or funny enough within a set budget that a group of people—who are potentially strangers—will battle to take it home? If you’re headed to your first white elephant gift exchange, here’s a quick explainer on what’s about to happen. Everyone will bring […]
White Elephant gifts get a bad rep. The best White Elephant gifts are equal parts silly and useful, but it’s hard finding one at $25 (the typical money cap, in my experience). This Crock-Pot Electric Lunch Box is the perfect mix of silly and useful, and it meets the $25 gift limit thanks to a […]
Forest elephants are sparking ire by wandering into villages in Gabon and destroying crops. In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local population who demand the power to stop the critically endangered animals in their tracks. “The solution to get rid of the pachyderms is to kill […]
And the hose-showering behavior was “lateralized,” that is, Mary preferred targeting her left body side more than her right. (Yes, Mary is a “left-trunker.”) Mary even adapted her showering behavior depending on the diameter of the hose: she preferred showering with a 24-mm hose over a 13-mm hose and preferred to use her trunk to […]
Ah, White Elephant gift exchanges. They’re the *chef’s kiss* peak chaotic holiday activity. Not to mention, an excuse to step outside of the confines of traditional Secret Santa gift-giving and scratch your “as seen on TV” itch. Because maybe you don’t need a nightlight that looks like a despirited duck, but someone you know definitely […]
Over two decades ago, a team from the University of Jammu uncovered the giant fossilized skull of an extinct elephant species in India’s Kashmir Valley. The remains were uncovered along with 87 basalt stone tools used by prehistoric humans. According to a new analysis, the skull belongs to a mysterious type of elephant called Palaeoloxodon. […]
