The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

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

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

A quirky scientific finding explains how gut bacteria in Asian elephants change coffee beans long before they are roasted.

(AP) In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world’s most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the palate, the exotic new brew ...

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Thailand (AP) — In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world’s most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor and smooth on the ...

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 ...

The study also found that these elephants had a more diverse mix of gut microbes, including bacteria linked to pectin ...