Feces, dung, poop: words that never fail to make a 12-year-old boy laugh. But they have no place in highly advanced scientific processes, right? Well, that’s where you’d be wrong. Researchers ...

Coffee beans that pass through the digestive system of Asian elephants produce an unusually smooth and low-bitterness brew.

Scientists found elephant gut bacteria reduce coffee bitterness, explaining Black Ivory’s smooth taste. How digestion alters ...

Back when Katy Payne was just starting to study elephants, "high technology" meant that the bags researchers used to collect elephant droppings were made of plastic, not paper, allowing them to make ...

The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth's ...