The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 24, 2012 not rated yet 0

The past 12 months has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a sharp increase in the illegal trade in recent years, a wildlife watchdog said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 29, 2011 not rated yet 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes it seems, nature finds it must resort to some trickery to respond appropriately to changing conditions. Take the elephant, for example. Way back in time, say fifty million years ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 23, 2011 4.2 / 5 (6) 4 |

Malaysia has seized elephant tusks and ivory handicrafts worth an estimated four million ringgit ($1.3 million) en route from Kenya to Cambodia, a customs official said Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society tracked a southern elephant seal for an astonishing 18,000 miles – the equivalent of New York to Sydney and back again.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 13, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Elephants have long been known to be part of the Homo erectus diet. But the significance of this specific food source, in relation to both the survival of Homo erectus and the evolution of modern humans, has n ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 12, 2011 3.7 / 5 (9) 5 |

No need for big muscles or high-tech contraptions when it comes to protecting African plantations from elephants: a British biologist has discovered that buzzing bees will keep the beasts at bay.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 22, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new University of ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 10, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Vietnam customs officials on Monday said they had seized more than a tonne of ivory, believed to be from elephant tusks, being smuggled on the country's border with China.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 24, 2011 not rated yet 0

Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna's Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology have discovered the mechanism by which Asian elephants are able to tolerate hot daytime temperatures. Their results are ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 30, 2011 not rated yet 1

Kenyan rangers Thursday began relocating 50 rampaging elephants back to the renowned Maasai Mara game reserve to stem rising human deaths and property destruction in outlying villages.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 22, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The lone bull elephant is an image as iconic to the African savanna as the lonesome cowboy on horseback is to the American West. Although female elephants form tightly knit groups guided ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 15, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

The blood from woolly mammoths -- those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed the Earth in pre-historic times -- is helping scientists develop new blood products for modern medical procedures that involve ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 14, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 2 |

Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 700 elephant tusks bound for China, an official said, the latest in a series of hauls indicating Malaysia had become a key ivory transit hub.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 06, 2011 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- The first national survey of Sri Lanka's wild elephants found more than had been estimated - a sign the endangered species has a healthy, growing population on the Indian Ocean island.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 03, 2011 not rated yet 5