Tag: elephants

A new international study has revealed the genetic impact of hunting in northern elephant seals. Published today  in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the research shows that this species narrowly escaped…

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained…

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which runs the world’s largest field conservation program, has conducted first-of-its kind research…

Conservation measures have successfully stopped declines in the African savanna elephant population across southern Africa, but the pattern varies locally, according to a new study. The evidence suggests that the…

Researchers have provided new insights into how ancestral elephants developed their dextrous trunks. The study, published today as an eLife Reviewed Preprint, combines multiple analyses to reconstruct feeding behaviours in…

Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings have…

Here’s a climate solution we can all get behind: don’t kill elephants. Or poach gorillas — or wipe out tapirs, hornbills, or other large-bodied wildlife that eat fruit and disperse…