By University of Exeter / Phys. Org Male elephants are more aggressive when fewer older males are present, new research suggests. The research, by the University of Exeter, suggests that the removal of old male elephants, which are often the targets of trophy hunting,...
By DONNA SLATER - Engineering News Researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical protocol on how to cause as little disturbance as possible to elephants...
By Julie Bonnald, Jose Utge, Mary K. Kuhner, Samuel K. Wasser, Edward Asalu, John Paul Okimat, Sabrina Krief - Science Direct Highlights • 91 individuals were sampled in the Ugandan elephant hybridization zone. • No forest elephants were detected in the sampled...
By University of Michegan A remarkably well-preserved fossil elephant cranium from Kenya is helping scientists understand how its species became the dominant elephant in eastern Africa several million years ago, a time when a cooler, drier climate allowed grasslands...
By Colorado State Univesity Human-elephant conflict is on the rise across Africa and is a major threat to wildlife conservation. Crops provide a highly nutritious food source, but elephants pursuing that source results in the destruction of farmer livelihoods, erodes...
By Shane C. Campbell-Station, Brian J. Arnold, Dominique Gonç`lves, Petter Granli, Joyce Poole, Ryan A. Long and Robert M. Pringle - Science Harvest and poaching of wildlife have increased as the human population and our technology have grown. These pressures now...
By Harry B. M. Wells, Ramiro D. Crego & Øystein H. Opedal, et al. - Journal of Animal Ecology Abstract 1. The extinction of 80% of megaherbivore (>1,000 kg) species towards the end of the Pleistocene altered vegetation structure, fire dynamics and nutrient...
By British Ecological Society / Phys.Org A study of semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar has found that calves benefit from having older sisters more than older brothers. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology....
By Wesley L. Hartmann, Vicki Fishlock, Alison Leslie Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, are increasingly used in ecological management, conservation and research. Numerous reviews on drones tout almost unlimited potential within the wildlife...
By Paule Dagenais, Sean Hensman, Valérie Haechler & Michel C. Milinkovitch - Current Biology Highlights -- Elephants evolved strategies reducing the biomechanical complexity of their trunk -- Object transport is achieved by propagating inward curvature from the...