How elephants evolved to become big and cancer-resistant
All things being equal, large, long-lived animals should have the highest risk of cancer.
Evolution
Feb 4, 2021
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News tagged with elephants
Not obese after all: Captive Asian elephants less fat than average human
When Daniella Chusy, currently at Indiana University, U.S., learned that many captive elephants were thought to be overweight and that their low birth rates suggested that they may be facing a fertility crisis, she began ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2021
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Counting elephants from space, for the first time
For the first time, scientists have successfully used satellite cameras coupled with deep learning to count animals in complex geographical landscapes, taking conservationists an important step forward in monitoring populations ...
Ecology
Jan 19, 2021
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Bangladesh zoo seeks mate for lonely Kanchi the Rhino
A lonely rhinoceros at a Bangladesh zoo is looking for new love after losing her partner seven years ago, but pandemic travel restrictions are hampering her keeper's attempts to play matchmaker.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2021
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Elephant ivory continues to be disguised and sold on eBay
Research from the University of Kent's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that elephant ivory is still being sold on the online marketplace eBay, despite its 10-year-old policy banning the trade ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2021
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Spotting elephants from space: A satellite revolution
Using the highest resolution satellite imagery currently available—Worldview 3—from Maxar Technologies and deep learning, (TensorFlow API, Google Brain) researchers at the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 24, 2020
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Study tracks elephant tusks from 16th century shipwreck
In 1533, the Bom Jesus—a Portuguese trading vessel carrying 40 tons of cargo including gold, silver, copper and more than 100 elephant tusks—sank off the coast of Africa near present-day Namibia. The wreck was found in ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2020
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Second young elephant dies from virus at New York zoo
A second young elephant has died at a central New York zoo despite frantic efforts by staff to combat a lethal virus, zoo officials said Friday.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2020
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Baby elephant dies suddenly, just before 2nd birthday
A baby elephant at a Syracuse zoo died from a virus just before his second birthday .
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2020
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Elephants found to have the highest volume of daily water loss ever recorded in a land animal
A team of researchers from Duke University, the University of the Witwatersrand and Hunter College has found that elephants have the highest volume of daily water loss ever recorded in a land animal. In their paper published ...
