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African elephants shape the savanna ecosystem—and continue doing so long after they've died, study suggests
African savanna elephants are considered ecosystem engineers. For up to roughly 70 years, each massive animal rips through ...
An orphaned African Forest Elephant was finally released back into the wild after months of rehabilitation by experts in Nigeria. In a Reel posted by Al Jazeera, the outlet followed the journey of the ...
In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop means hoping these "gentle giants" don't wander through and cause damage ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Years of elephant movement data reveal distinct routes the animals take to access food and water, but road building and new rail lines, towns, ...
GENEVA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed ...
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WECT) — C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s longest-tenured resident and the oldest African bull elephant in the United States, died Dec. 19 at 51 years old. The elephant died peacefully ...
Analysis - Moving large animals around is a seductive idea in conservation. If there are plenty of animals in one place and too few in another, moving some between the two seems an obvious solution.
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