Press releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

Paying Tribute to Tim the Great Tusker

"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...