Scientific Publications

As human encroachment into elephant rangelands restricts elephant movements, it is increasingly critical to identify elephant range needs, and the effects of barriers to movements for the purpose of planning conservation areas.

Elephants have extraordinary olfactory receptive equipment, yet this sensory system has been only minimally investigated in wild elephants.

The purpose of this report is first to present data on the current status of the ivory trade in the major markets of South and South East Asia.

This article examines the development and implementation of a grass-roots elephant conservation program based upon the Samburu people’s perceptions and knowledge of elephants in the areas surrounding the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in no

The 1980's saw African elephants massacred from an estimated continental population of 1.3 million in 1979 to just 609, 000 ten years later (Douglas-Hamilton 1989) killed mostly for their teeth.

The present thesis investigates aspects of the reproductive strategy of male African savannah elephants (Loxodonata africana).

The Samburu people of northern Kenya have co-existed with elephants since time immemorial. The Samburu-elephant co-existence is facilitated by local knowledge gained through real experiences from direct interactions with, and actual observation of the el

Few data exist on the ranging behaviour of forest elephants.

A 21-month individual identification project on the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves’ elephant population was conducted between November 1997 and July 1999.

Although the international trade in elephant ivory is banned by almost every country, there are significant quantities of tusks and carved items moving illicitly within Africa,