by Adam Cruise | Dec 11, 2024 | Commentary, General
By Adam Cruise – The Bateleurs A trophic cascade is an ecological process which starts at the top of the food-chain and cascades all the way down to the bottom. African elephants, for example operate, in the natural landscape in this way. Biologists often...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 11, 2024 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick An aerial survey across the Okavango Delta in Botswana in 2020 discovered clusters of dead elephants. On the ground local conservationists came across a bizarre scene: waterholes littered with what looked like 350 elephant statues...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 29, 2024 | News
By Phoebe Weston – The Guardian Satellite data analysis suggests climate-induced algal blooms could be behind hundreds of deaths in Botswana that sparked flurry of theories in 2020 More than 350 elephants that died in mysterious circumstances probably drank...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 22, 2024 | News
By Utah Public Radio | By Sheri Quinn, Ryan Helcoski Elephants in South Africa repeatedly visit the carcasses of other elephants, and move the bones around. A team of researchers at Kruger National Park are working to illumine this mysterious behavior and...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 13, 2024 | Studies
By Colorado State University, Phys.org Habitat loss and poaching have driven dramatic declines in African elephants, but it is challenging to measure their numbers and monitor changes across the entire continent. A new study has analyzed 53 years of population survey...
