By Michelle D. Henley, Robin M. Cook, Anka Bedetti, Jessica Wilmot, Adine Roode , Carlos L. Pereira, João Almeida, António Alverca - MDPI Abstract Pathfinding elephants are moving through human dominated landscapes, often across international boundaries, thereby...
By Antoinette van de Water, Michelle Henley, Lucy Bates, Rob Slotow - Science Direct Highlights We identify the multiple, overlapping benefits to humans and nature that elephants provide. We augment existing valuation systems...
By Rajat Ghai - Down to Earth World’s second-biggest rainforest could lose 6-9 % of its carbon capture ability, if the forest elephant goes extinct, says Saint Louis University research. Africa’s iconic elephants are on the brink. But while the ‘African elephant’...
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 that when...
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...
By Rhea Burton-Roberts, Line S. Cordes, Rob Slotow, Abi Tamim Vanak, Maria Thaker, Navashni Govender & Graeme Shannon - Scientific Reports Abstract For large herbivores living in highly dynamic environments, maintaining range fidelity has the potential to...
By University of Portsmouth / Phys.Org New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they should be protected. The collaboration between universities in England and South Africa, including...
By University of Oxford / Phys.Org As human-elephant conflict continues to rise across Africa, researchers are searching for new ways to keep a watchful eye on wild African elephants, even looking to space technologies for guidance. In the rural community of...
By Truman P. Young, Lauren M. Porensky, Corinna Riginos, Kari E. Veblen, Wilfred O. Odadi, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Grace K. Charles & Hillary S. Young - Science Direct Abstract On rangelands worldwide, cattle interact with many forms of biodiversity, most obviously...
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 elephants,...