Jumbos in 3D could be coming to a zoo near you — an innovative model to keep elephants in the wild

by Adam Cruise | Jan 20, 2023 | Commentary

By By Tamar Ron – Daily Maverick Can we find a way to support human-elephant conflict mitigation and coexistence at the local level, enable people around the world to enjoy viewing elephants, and at the same time enable the elephants to continue their natural...

Mining and armed conflict threaten eastern DRC’s biodiversity in a complex web

by Adam Cruise | Jan 16, 2023 | Commentary

By Judith Verweijen, Fergus O’Leary Simpson, and Peer Schouten, The Conversation The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. These areas host unique biodiversity and a range of threatened...

Innovation in elephant dung analysis offers endless benefits for conservation

by Adam Cruise | Jan 14, 2023 | Studies

By Shaun Smillie – Daily Maverick Every pile of elephant dung holds a story that tells of forgotten migrations, ancient hookups and a population’s well-being, and now scientists are unlocking these secrets thanks to a new way of collecting DNA. It used to be...

South Africa: Twenty-five slaughtered elephants later, tourists in a viewing boat come under poachers’ gunfire

by Adam Cruise | Jan 13, 2023 | News

By Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick Tourists viewing elephants from a boat on the Jozini/Pongolapoort Dam in northern KwaZulu-Natal ducked for cover on Wednesday as suspected elephant poachers opened fire. Eight foreign tourists and four South Africans came under gunfire...

Drivers and facilitators of the illegal killing of elephants across 64 African sites

by Adam Cruise | Jan 12, 2023 | Studies

By Timothy Kuiper, Res Altwegg, Colin Beale, Thea Carroll, Holly T. Dublin, Severin Hauenstein, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Carl Schwarz, Chris R. Thouless, Andrew Royle and E.J. Milner-Gulland AbstractIvory poaching continues to threaten African elephants. We (1) used...