For 3 decades, elephants have found a peaceful retreat in an unlikely place: Tennessee
The Elephant Sanctuary, in Hohenwald, celebrated its 30th anniversary in March, marking three decades of adopting former circus and show elephants and allowing them to retire in peaceful wilderness.
Scots slaughtered countless elephants: a new study aims to save them
They were men of iron nerve, unerring aim and, gazed at through a modern lens, it seems they were also capable of unbearable cruelty.
Wildlife charity faces damages claim over elephant project in Africa linked to 12 deaths
Rural communities on the border between the African countries of Malawi and Zambia are threatening to sue an international ...
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Searching for Endangered Forest Elephants in the Republic of Congo
I’m standing waist-deep in a chocolate-hued, jungle-fringed tributary of the Congo River, watching my guide wade further downstream, with his hands cupped to his ears to amplify the sounds of the ...
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The sixth mass extinction is here—and it’s killing humans too
The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...
Elephants avoid wasting energy during their epic journeys
Similarly, water sources play a key role in where they choose to go. However, individual elephants can respond to water ...
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From The Bronx to San Diego: 15 Best Zoos in the US
Lions, Tigers and Zebras! Plus Giraffes, Hippos and Bears. The best zoos in the US include large enclosures that allow for free-roaming wildlife. Encounter programming, where visitors can get close to ...
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Wild elephants get a lot less sleep than you do
SEE ALSO: Africa's elusive forest ... with an African elephant. Credit: paul manger Their study -- tiny as it is -- is one of the few to look at elephants in their natural habitats.
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Lives worth living: Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and the fight for coexistence
Iain Douglas-Hamilton spent a lifetime communing with African elephants, going on to champion their conservation during a brutal wave of poaching in the 1970s and 1980s. Along with Jane Goodall ...
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Model behaviour: India's anti-cruelty robot elephants
"They help ensure real elephants can remain with their families in their natural jungle habitats". Like the real thing, models are draped with a golden headdress and bedecked with flower garlands.
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The African elephant in the room: Is there such a thing as guilt-free safari?
The African elephant in the room ... that does not mean it's taking good care of the wildlife, habitat, local people or the economy of Zambia. All these are just as important – in my view ...
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Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years; what can be done to save them – new study
The average population trend for African savanna elephants was a decline of 70 per cent. Forest elephant populations declined ... These successes suggest ways to reverse elephant declines: tackling ...