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Aaas Science News: Week of 2 24 14: Elephants Console Each Other

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on findings from a recent study that elephants display empathy and console one another when upset. This behavior was previously thought to be unique to apes and humans. Includes a brief video [0 mins, 50 sec].
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BBC

Bbc: Week of 9 8 14: The Elephant That Flew

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the disturbing practice of elephant poaching, and what activists are doing as they attempt to protect these animals. Includes video.
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Animal Fact Guide

Animal Fact Guide: African Elephant

For Students 3rd - 8th
Are you looking for information about the African elephant? This reference source on the elephant that features information on its physical characteristics, habitat (with a distribution map), diet, breeding patterns, unique traits and...
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Elephant Voices: How Elephants Communicate

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover why elephants communicate and what makes it so surprisingly complex.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Elephant Throne (Howdah)

For Students 9th - 10th
Elephants were closely associated with rulership in South Asia and bore many kings through battles, hunts, and ceremonial processions. That this elephant throne, or howdah, was used by royalty is indicated by its covering of embossed and...
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Facts About Elephants

For Students 2nd - 8th
Take a look at 11 fun elephant facts.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Explore Our Collections:fenykovi Elephant

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Fenykovi Elephant, the African Bush Elephant on display at the National Museum of Natural History.
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U.c. Santa Cruz: Elephant Seal Tracking Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses ongoing research programs at the University of California, Santa Cruz, which are studying elephant seals. The scientists are using time-depth recorders to study migration and feeding behavior in these seals.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Elephants Recognise Themselves in Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article discusses a new study on elephants involving place them in front of a jumbo mirror and charting their reactions, reactions that suggest they recognize themselves.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Tracking an Elephantine Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This article in Zoogoer Magazine centers on the work of Deem and Blake as they track and use GPS locators with Elephants. General information is also provided on forest elephants and jungle elephants.
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Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Giraffes Now Rarer Than Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many animals at risk around the world. Scientists have determined that the giraffe population is shrinking.
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Scholastic

Scholastic News: Knitting for a Cause

For Students 9th - 10th
In response to cold weather, volunteers in India use a traditional craft, knitting, to make enormous garments for elephants in India.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Conception of the Buddha to Be in Queen Maya's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
This relief scene from around 100 to 300 depicts the dream of Maya, the mother of the historical Buddha. Queen Maya is asleep in her palace under a full moon. An attendant stands guard outside. In her dream, a white elephant enters her...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hindu Deity Shiva as Destroyer of the Three Cities of the Demons

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an image of the Hindu god Shiva. The image appears in a complex narrative scene. Shiva is standing in the pose of an archer, having just released a single arrow that is destroying three cities occupied by demons. He is surrounded...

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