by Adam Cruise | Mar 24, 2025 | Commentary
By Peter Borchert, iFaw Elephants need water—lots of it. Depending on their size, they must drink 100 to 200 litres at least every two to three days to avoid potentially severe dehydration. In hot weather, an elephant can lose as much as 7.5% of its body mass daily...
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 | 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 | Apr 21, 2022 | Studies
By Phys.org Elephant herds do not slow down for mothers who’ve just given birth, according to new research from an international team led by researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with Save the Elephants. Elephants need to keep moving in...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 13, 2022 | Commentary
By MERRILL SAPP – Earth Island Journal Every animal has a role within its ecosystem, even if we have little knowledge of what that role is. Over summer last year, giraffes were elevated to a new height. Though they are an iconic species, giraffes have never...