Erosion over time helped to give the volcanic basalt that makes up the formation its elephant-like appearance. Visitors hoping to see Elephant Rock in person can visit by boat, usually from May to ...

Atlas Obscura, a digital travel atlas of obscure destinations around the world, writes that Elephant Rock – Halldórsskora in Icelandic – is located on Heimaey Island, the lar ...

Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...

A team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum in the U.K., the University of Birmingham, also in the U.K., and ...

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Zeedyk structures are low-cost, high-impact conservation tools helping to preserve Colorado’s threatened grasslands.

The fossilized remains of a newly discovered ancient shark species found in the depths of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park reveal not the sharp, pointy gnashers you’d associate with Hollywood’s ...

Cerapodans were small, plant-eating dinosaurs that scampered around on two legs. Come the Cretaceous, the fossil record tells ...

The founder of the Women’s National Football Conference, and a hall of fame running back herself, says yes. What do you think? By Natalie Proulx Have you been paying attention to current ...