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Tracing DNA of related elephants reveals illegal ivory trafficking networks

Tracing DNA of related elephants reveals illegal ivory trafficking networks

by Adam Cruise | Feb 15, 2022 | News

By Ashley Strickland, CNN African elephants have drastically dwindled as targets of the illegal ivory trade, but the DNA contained within their tusks is pointing to the very criminal networks that poached them. Researchers used genetic testing on ivory shipments...
Elephants Sleep For Just 2 Hours A Day – The Least Of Any Mammal

Elephants Sleep For Just 2 Hours A Day – The Least Of Any Mammal

by Adam Cruise | Dec 15, 2019 | Studies

By Sam Wong – Spring Hill Insider It’s another sleepless night in the savannah. Wild elephants average just 2 hours of sleep a night, making them the lightest-known snoozers of any mammal. Previous studies have looked at such habits in captive elephants, which...
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