by Adam Cruise | Nov 1, 2022 | News
By Ryan Truscott, RFI Critically endangered forest elephants use their acute senses of hearing and smell to detect poachers while they are still some distance away and well before they have fired a shot, a new study suggests. To gather data, researchers used a...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 1, 2022 | News
By Wagema Mwangi, Kenya News Agency The breathtaking beauty of sprawling Talio Nyika lowlands of Sagalla hills in Voi sub-county can be overwhelming to a first-time visitor. The mirages dancing dreamily on top of thickets and the idyllic feel of laid-back huts...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 30, 2022 | Studies
By Lena V. Kaufmann, Undine Schneeweis, Eduard Maier, Thomas Hildebrandt & Michael Brecht – Science Advances Abstract We studied facial motor control in elephants, animals with muscular dexterous trunks. Facial nucleus neurons (~54,000 in Asian...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 27, 2022 | News
By LIZABETH PENNISI – Science Pachyderms sport more brain cells for their ears alone than humans have for their whole face. No wonder pachyderms have some of the most expressive trunks and ears on the planet. African elephants (pictured) and Asian...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 26, 2022 | News
By Aimable Twahirwa, IPS / Africa.com Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the...
