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An Adventurer and a Teacher
Naisula in Samburu National Reserve earlier this year © Meha Kumar/Save the Elephants In December 2023, Naisula, the tracked matriarch of the Samburu Ladies, led her herd...
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Mystery of Tuskless Male African Elephant Leaves Scientists Puzzled
The tuskless male elephant from the Hawaiian Islands family in Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve. © Olympia Brule/Save the Elephants Save the Elephants (STE) researchers...
The Spices’ new bundle of joy!
When you are out on Long Term Monitoring (LTM) you expect to see a lot of interesting things from vultures feeding on a dead Grant’s gazelle, giraffes necking or male elephants fighting. However seeing a new life is one of the...
Samburu community march to mark the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos
The sun was hot and unforgiving when we started the 17 kilometre walk for elephants in Samburu, Northern Kenya. Primary and secondary school pupils had turned up, their energy and zeal energising the adults who’d shown up in large numbers for...
Of Mothers and Their Calves
This is Willow and her daughter, she is the newest addition to the Hardwoods family. She is always by her mother’s side. Whenever she is stuck in mud in the many swamps in Samburu andBuffalo springs national reserves, Willow is always there to...
Elephants as keystone species:
Elephants are the real Kings of the African Savanna. Yes, they have no natural predator but that is not what makes them King.Elephants shape the landscape by uprooting and felling trees. Without this the African savanna would be a forest or worse, a...
Launch Day! Biggest Names in Fashion Tied up in Knots for Elephants
In September Save the Elephants launched a global social media campaign to raise money for the Elephant Crisis Fund called #KnotOnMyPlanet. We co-founded the Elephant Crisis Fund with the Wildlife Conservation Network to support the most...
Elephant Crisis Fund Interim Report 2016
While there are some early signs of hope for the future of Africa’s elephants, they are still facing a crisis. The high price of ivory continues to attract the attention of organized crime syndicates, inciting corruption and poaching that are...
Matt Gets the Royal Treatment
Born around 1971, Matt has been known to Save the Elephants (STE) researchers since the early years of our Samburu Elephant project. Back then he was among the youngest of the mature bulls. Today he is one of the oldest and largest elephants left in...
Broken Ear Club
Floppy-eared Frida of the Artists 2 family is an orphan who will always have a special place in my heart. Frida’s mother died during treatment for a bullet wound when she was only 6 years old. Perhaps it was her very broken left ear, draped...
An Open air trial and a new National Park!
A Bright Spot Deep in the ForestDeep in the Congo forest, one small organization has taken a stand against poaching. The Lukuru Foundation has been working for the past 10 years in one of the remotest, most biodiverse regions, with help of some...
Protecting South Sudan’s Forest Elephants
The First Recorded Forest Elephants in South SudanCamera traps deployed last year in the deep tropical forests that span the border between South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo have provided an unprecedented insight to the wildlife this...