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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.
Wednesday July 26, 2017. An ambitious new report identifying some of Kenya’s most important wildlife migratory corridors has been hailed by leading elephant research organisation Save The Elephants as an important step towards closing the gap...
PRESS RELEASEThe wholesale price of raw ivory in China has fallen by almost two thirds in the last three years, according to new research released today. During this time China’s government has made increasingly strong commitments to close the...
Press ReleaseTuesday 21st February 2017The tiny bee defends an impoverished farmer against the advance of enormous and hungry elephants, providing honey that eases any residual bad feeling. A fable? No, this is the new reality for farmers...
Press Release Enforcement Drive Snares 10 Major Criminals including Corrupt Officials and Business ExecutivesThe recent arrests in Africa (right) were connected to the seizure of 1.5 tons of elephant tusks by Vietnamese Customs officers in 2014...
PRESS RELEASENew figures for the number of forest and savannah elephants remaining across the African continent were released today, giving the first comprehensive data in nine years. According to the new Status Report by the IUCN African Elephant...
Vietnam is now one of the world’s biggest illegal ivory markets. The number of items seen for sale had risen by over six times from 2008 to 2015, according to a survey report released today by Save the Elephants.No other country is known to be as...
An elephant from Kenya has been tracked crossing the border into Somalia, providing the first confirmation in over twenty years that elephants continue to survive in the war-torn African nation.On 16th February, Morgan, an impressive bull elephant...
The price of illegal raw ivory in China has almost halved over the past 18 months, according to new research to be published by Save the Elephants. The news gives cautious hope that the unsustainable killing of Africa’s elephants – driven by...
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday 15th September 11.00 GMT People living anywhere in the world are now able to explore the East African savannah without leaving home. Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve has just opened to online visitors using Street View in...
The illegal ivory trade is exploding in China, overwhelming efforts to enforce the law, according to the results of the first detailed research on the markets of Beijing and Shanghai since 2002, published today by Save the Elephants and The Aspinall...
