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, ...

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 ...

It has often been believed that elephants are afraid of mice, but according to our local elephant experts at Siam Road in Windham, there is no truth to this “urban myth.” The only annoyance to an ...

JOHANNESBURG — Lore has it that elephants are afraid of mice, but scientists have discovered that elephants are truly afraid of bees and that the pachyderms sound an alarm when they encounter them.