Meet the former classroom instructional coach in charge of the state's new effort to turn around math performance in public schools ...

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

On Monday mornings at Piney Woods in Splendora ISD, something special happens. Before math lessons begin and reading groups gather, students pause for a moment of reflection, guided by a friendly ...

Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They play a crucial role for the animals, which have thick skin and poor eyesight. Elephants cannot regrow these hairs, meaning a lost one creates ...

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There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

A decades-long quest reveals the remarkable truth about how these giant creatures have remained so elusive. The ghost elephants that live in the highlands of Angola behave like almost no others on ...

Some kids don’t struggle with math because they “don’t get numbers,” but because their brains have trouble adjusting when they make mistakes. Credit: Shutterstock Math struggles in kids may stem from ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, D.C., welcomed a bouncing 308-pound Asian elephant calf Feb. 3, marking the first birth of the endangered ...

Any mammal with tusks, which are elongated teeth. Elephant tusks are what a dentist might call ‘maxillary lateral incisors’. They’re located between the front teeth and canines of the upper jaw, and ...