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A ground-breaking study published today (June 27) in the prestigious journal, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, unveils an intriguing connection between hot testicles and the evolution of potent anti-cancer genes in elephants.
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Rare, ‘one-in-a-million’ footage of a critically endangered wild forest elephant fleeing from a technologically generated bee sound, has been captured by a wildlife camera trap in remote Liberia, western Africa.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Image: Ivory stockpile in Kenya © Kristian SchmidtNairobi, 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...
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...
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...
"In both life and death, big bulls like Tim and Matt not only fire our imaginations, but they are also stark reminders that the last giants on Earth are quickly disappearing and we must do all we can to protect their future...
October 24 2019. One of North Kenya’s largest tuskers - a celebrated African savanna elephant called Matt, has sadly died.Matt, aged 52, and one of Kenya’s well known elephant elders, died apparently from natural causes. During his...
