Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000 years ago - ranging across Eurasia before it went extinct - is more closely related to today's African forest...
View ArticleElephants' 'body awareness' adds to increasing evidence of their intelligence
Asian elephants are able to recognise their bodies as obstacles to success in problem-solving, further strengthening evidence of their intelligence and self-awareness, according to a new study from the...
View ArticleRescue of 11 Asian elephants in Cambodia
The rescue of 11 Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) from a mud hole inside the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on 24th March 2017 avoided a tragedy for wildlife conservation...
View ArticlePacky, Oregon's beloved elephant, dies at 54
Packy, the Asian elephant who drew international attention when he was born, including an 11-page spread in Life magazine, died Thursday at the Oregon Zoo. He was 54.
View ArticleEquality, more than dominance, defines Asian elephant society
Elephants are commonly thought to live in female-led, or matriarchal, societies that rely on the strong leadership and wisdom of elders. But a new study on Asian elephants led by researchers at...
View ArticleResearch to keep elephants in captivity on their feet
New research from The University of Queensland could help elephants in captivity enjoy longer, more comfortable lives by detecting foot disease earlier.
View ArticleScientists and zoos team up on landmark elephant welfare project
Given that elephants are the largest land mammals on the planet, one might expect that when it comes to enclosures for zoo elephants, size matters.
View ArticleElephants may use trunks like 'leaf blowers' to obtain inaccessible food
Two captive elephants blast air through their trunks to grasp hard-to-reach food, suggests an initial study published today in Springer's journal Animal Cognition. This behaviour, studied in a zoo...
View ArticleElephants born when mothers are stressed age faster, produce fewer offspring
Elephants born into stressful situations have fewer offspring and age faster, researchers at the University of Sheffield have found.
View ArticleBrazil to open Latin America's first elephant sanctuary
Brazil will soon open Latin America's first elephant sanctuary, and its three initial residents will be retired circus animals in need of a safe haven, a report said Sunday.
View ArticleNew petition seeks to save elephants, end ivory importation in US
Recent genomic research has prompted a petition that calls for the reclassification of African elephants from one threatened species to two endangered species to protect both from imminent extinction.
View ArticleGIS study reveals preferred habitat of Asian elephant
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Asian elephant is now an endangered species. Today, there are only 40,000 elephants left in Asia's mainland and about 1,200-1,700 in...
View ArticleKeeping hungry jumbos at bay
Until now electric fences and trenches have proved to be the most effective way of protecting farms and villages from night time raids by hungry elephants. But researchers think they may have come up...
View ArticleResearchers take another step in bringing back a wooly mammoth
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers working at Harvard University has taken yet another step towards bringing to life a reasonable facsimile of a woolly mammoth—a large, hairy elephant-like beast that...
View ArticleBotswana hosts wildlife summits as elephants fight for survival
Wildlife experts and officials from around 30 governments will gather next week in Botswana to confront the threat that wild elephants could be heading for extinction, due in part to Chinese demand for...
View ArticleEndangered elephants' outlook bleak without more room to roam, study finds
(Phys.org) —Intelligent and beautiful, the Asian elephant is running out of time unless humans step aside and give it some room.
View ArticleTeen elephant mothers die younger but have bigger families, study finds
Asian elephants that give birth as teenagers die younger than older mothers but raise bigger families during their lifetime, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
View ArticleMajor upsurge in Tanzania elephant poaching, says official
Tanzania has been hit by a sharp upsurge in poaching, with at least 60 elephants killed in the two months since the government was forced to halt a controversial crackdown, a senior official said.
View ArticleImproving sperm quality in elephants
(Phys.org) —Crushed by habitat loss and poaching, Asian elephants are at risk, and their future rests heavily on captive breeding programs. A collaborative study between Cornell and Smithsonian...
View ArticleResearch discovers new 'type specimen' for the Asian elephant
Findings from a scientific historian at the University of Lincoln have helped experts at the Natural History Museum to designate an animal painted by Rembrandt as the new 'type specimen' for the Asian...
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