by Adam Cruise | Dec 16, 2022 | Commentary
By Tim Vernimmen – Mongabay Large animals, especially herbivores such as elephants, are often seen as being destructive of vegetation, so are not thought of as a nature-based climate solution. Scientists are proving otherwise.By removing living and dead plants,...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 3, 2022 | News
By Tom Bawden – iNews New report finds that big animals help preserve biodiversity and protect against climate change. Elephants, rhinos and other large animals can play a key role in the environment by boosting plant diversity and tackling climate...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 10, 2021 | Studies
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 Adam Cruise | Jun 6, 2020 | Commentary
By Linus Hiscox, studying MSc Global Biodiversity Health and Conservation at University of Bristol and DSWF Programmes and Policy Intern In 1979 the world’s elephant population totalled 1.3 million individuals across Africa and Asia; fast-forward to 2016 and...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 2, 2020 | Commentary
By Jared Kukura – Wild Things Initiative Feeling the pressure of the United Kingdom’s upcoming decision on a trophy hunting import ban, Botswana reiterated their unscientific opinion that the country has too many elephants. In their eyes, hunting...
