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Like Us, Elephants Have Names Too!
A groundbreaking study on African elephant communication has revealed that elephants, like humans, use ‘names’ to address each other.
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The Elephant Queen: How a wildlife documentary inspired rural Kenya
Powerful, award-winning nature films like ‘The Elephant Queen’ have the potential to reshape attitudes and garner support for elephants in rural communities, according to a new study.
Statement on the death of Richard Leakey
Save the Elephants is saddened by the death of paleoanthropologist and conservation leader Richard Leakey. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, founder of Save the Elephants, says: I first met Richard in my first week in the field working with...
More elephants at risk of conflict with humans
Human-elephant conflict is on the rise across Africa and is a major threat to wildlife conservation. Crops provide a highly nutritious food source, but elephants pursuing that source results in the destruction of farmer livelihoods, erodes human...
New research discovers longer-term effects on elephants from poaching
NAIROBI, Kenya: Poaching has longer-term effects on elephant populations than originally thought, new research has found. A pair of studies, published recently by researchers at Colorado State University and Save the Elephants (STE) shows that...
Bad Vibes? Elephants & Their Reaction to ‘Human’ Vibrations
New study finds elephants show risk-avoidance behaviour in response to human-generated seismic cuesNairobi, Kenya: Elephants’ heavy footsteps and their rumbling low-frequency calls are so powerful that they can create seismic waves—vibrations...
African elephants ONLY OCCUPY a fraction of their potential range
Elephants have plenty of habitat if spared from the ivory trade, new research shows April 1st 2021: Many wildlife species are threatened by shrinking habitat. But according to new research published today, the potential range of African elephants...
PRESS STATEMENT – SPLITTING AFRICA’S ELEPHANTS INTO TWO SPECIES
Save the Elephants welcomes the official recognition that elephants in Africa are of two distinct species: the forest elephant, and the savannah elephant. The decision by the African Elephant Specialist Group is based on the genetic differences...
How crop-raiding elephants navigate a “landscape of fear”
Nairobi, Kenya: African elephants, Loxodonta Africana, play a cat-and-mouse game with farmers, often raiding their crops. The raids are risky—farmers are known to retaliate against the elephants—and according to a study by researchers working...
Save the Elephants lends voice to Tokyo ivory campaign ahead of World Elephant Day
Image: Ivory stockpile in Kenya © Kristian Schmidt Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya-based research and conservation organisation, Save the Elephants (STE), has today, August 11, 2020, added its voice to a worldwide campaign urging the Tokyo Metropolitan...
Large-Scale Elephant Deaths in Botswana Remain a Mystery
There has been a recent round of large-scale mortalities in Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle, with at least 281 elephants dying from unexplained causes. The first carcasses were found in May and the mysteriousness of this tragedy, combined with...
Elephant behavior toward the dead: A review and insights from field observations
CONTACT: San Diego Zoo GlobalPublic Relations 619-685-3291 WEBSITE: SanDiegoZooGlobal.org NEWS RELEASE Researchers Study Elephants’ Unique Interactions with Their Dead Findings Reveal Broad Interest in Deceased, Even in...