Vijendra Shekhawat was awestruck when he saw elephants for the first time. As an 18-year-old, on a visit to the historic Amber Fort in Jaipur, northern India, he was “amazed by the gigantic creatures” ...

JAIPUR/DELHI -- The elephant ride up the stone pathway of the medieval Amber fort outside Jaipur is designed to make tourists feel like Rajput warriors returning from battle—-or something on those ...

PRAGUE -- At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now the Prague Zoo has come up with a new use for it: making paper. The zoo has joined forces with the country's hand paper ...

At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now Prague Zoo has come up with a new use for it: making paper. The zoo has joined forces with the country’s famed hand paper mill in ...

PRAGUE (AP) — At first, their elephant dung was sold to gardeners as fertilizer. Now Prague Zoo has come up with a new use for it: making paper. The zoo has joined forces with the country's famed hand ...

(Nanowerk News) It's likely not the first thing you think of when you see elephant dung, but this material turns out to be an excellent source of cellulose for paper manufacturing in countries where ...

On the Greek island of Crete, goats spend their summer days idly snacking on dry grass. Then they poop it out, leading to epiphanies for materials engineers like Dr. Alexander Bismarck of the ...