by Adam Cruise | Mar 5, 2025 | Commentary
By George Wittemyer – The Conversation Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as access to remote...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 17, 2025 | Studies
By Susan Chacko, Down to Earth A new study has highlighted the potential of separate water points for elephants, located away from villages, to significantly reduce human-elephant interactions in Namibia’s Northern Highlands. Water point upgrades, such as protection...
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 | Sep 26, 2024 | Studies
By Naidoo et al – Journal of Applied Ecology Abstract Landscape connectivity operates at a variety of scales, depending on the geography of the area in question and the focal species or ecological process under consideration. Most connectivity studies, however,...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 11, 2024 | Studies
By Colorado State University Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study. Researchers used machine learning to confirm that elephant calls contained a name-like component identifying...
