An illustration ... there were elephants. And before there were rocket-propelled grenades, there were rocket cats. Humans have long used animals as means to wage war. Historians at the University ...

The mystery of an ancient battle between two warring troops of elephants has been solved, thanks to a modern genetic analysis of the lumbering beasts. Researchers have now found that Eritrean ...

War elephants and their mahouts provide a potent example of a complementary relationship. Much like we seek to direct the speed and accuracy of AI on the battlefield, humans were once tasked with ...

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Photo by DeAgostini / Getty Images The legend of Carthaginian general Hannibal—famed for leading some 30,000 soldiers and 37 elephants across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War ...