Visitors to Amsterdam’s Artis zoo are now able to sit on a bench made mostly from elephant dung, thanks to the work of five students and a group of obliging Asian elephants. The bench, made up of 65% ...

After refining a technique for mice, the Poo Zoo set its sights on a bigger goal: elephant dung. While Williams was eager to work on a species that is often central to conservation efforts ...

Its director Dr Muhamad Ridhwan Affendi said the zoo and night safari park had been making organic fertiliser using elephant dung. “We are the first zoo in Malaysia to do so,” he said ...