Elephants use more than 40 different gestures to tell others to “move away” or “stop what you’re doing”. Researchers found wild African elephants intentionally gesture, check others are paying ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.
Newswise — NEW YORK, NY, November 12, 2024—A groundbreaking study released today reveals the alarming state of African elephant populations over the last 50 years. Both forest and savanna elephant ...
The first ever baby elephant born at the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium is expected in late 2027, the zoo announced.
People have had a devastating impact on African elephant and rhino numbers, but in parts of Africa we’re helping these amazing animals to recover People have had a devastating impact on African ...
African savanna elephants are considered ecosystem engineers. For up to roughly 70 years, each massive animal rips through ...
Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...
A massive hippo has made the mistake of making an elephant angry. The elephant charges and the hippos run out of the water ...
Male elephants have distinct characters, and certain individuals within the society are influential and can have a positive psychological impact on the group, according to new research. The study also ...
A new study involving African elephants shows that elephants use names when communicating with each other, much as humans do. Video via Michael Pardo/ George Wittemyer/ Ron Bend/ CSU/ YouTube.
Africa’s elephant population has crashed by an estimated 111,000 in the past decade primarily due to poaching, according to the IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report. Released at the world’s largest ...
African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian ...