by Adam Cruise | May 26, 2025 | Studies
By Lucy Bates, Victoria Louise Fishlock, Joshua Plotnik, Shermin de Silva and Graeme Shannon – The Royal Society Publishing Abstract Cultural knowledge is widely presumed to be important for elephants. In all three elephant species, individuals tend to...
by Adam Cruise | May 26, 2025 | Commentary
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick From bees to whales, it’s increasingly acknowledged that creatures have cultures within which they live their daily lives. This is particularly true for elephants, and the loss of matriarchs is leading to severe social disruption....
by Adam Cruise | Apr 16, 2025 | Commentary
By Caitlin O’Connell edited by Kate Wong – Scientific American I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 29, 2025 | News
By Liz Else, New Scientist A weatherproof box and motion-trigger camera help photographer Will Burrard-Lucas capture images of rarely seen African forest elephants. Night has fallen; an elephant mother and her calf walk through Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, which...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 27, 2025 | Studies
By University of Oxford A new study has revealed that African Elephants have an extraordinary ability to meet their colossal food requirements as efficiently as possible. Data from over 150 elephants demonstrated that these giants plan their journeys based on energy...