Old males vital to elephant societies
Old male elephants play a key role in leading all-male groups, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
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Following African elephant trails to approach conservation differently
Elephant trails may lead the way to better conservation approaches.
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2020
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Sri Lanka to ban imports of plastic goods to protect elephants
Sri Lanka will ban the import of most plastic products in a bid to protect wild elephants and deer that die eating the waste, the environment minister announced Friday.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2020
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Marijuana test for stressed-out Warsaw Zoo elephants
The Warsaw zoo said Wednesday it will start giving its elephants medical marijuana as part of a ground-breaking pilot project to test how it reduces their stress levels.
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Aug 26, 2020
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Behavioural variability in captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding
The behaviors implied in the manipulation of food items by African elephants were correlated with the shape and size of these items. Despite a common ethogram, all the elephants showed different frequencies in the use of ...
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Aug 18, 2020
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Mexican zoo live-streams birth of elephant named 'Zoom'
A baby African elephant whose birth was live-streamed by a safari park in Mexico has been named Zoom after the video chat app made popular by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Aug 15, 2020
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Virus gives Sri Lanka's threatened elephants a reprieve
Sri Lanka's coronavirus lockdown has helped reduce the death toll from clashes between elephants and humans, conservationists have said.
Ecology
Aug 12, 2020
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Singapore crushes massive ivory haul on eve of World Elephant Day
Singapore began destroying nine tonnes of seized ivory Tuesday, the largest such action globally in recent years, including contraband tusks that came from more than 300 African elephants.
Ecology
Aug 11, 2020
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Asian elephants are capable of using water as a tool
Elephants are known for their complex cognitive abilities, such as memory, problem-solving and tool use, and for their complex social behaviors. A new research article in the journal Animal Behavior and Cognition describes ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2020
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Climate change could make toxic algal blooms in our oceans more deadly
Late spring and early summer in California bring thousands of marine mammals to the state's beaches, as groups of California sea lions, elephant seals and harbor seals give birth along the shore. Visitors to places such as ...
Environment
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