May 18 Kruger Park reports first case of elephant poaching in 10 years By News Desk Officials at South Africa's Kruger National Park have reported the first case of elephant poaching in the park in over a decade. The male elephant's corpse, stripped of its tusks, was found near the border with Mozambique. Continue reading
Apr 20 Land grabs by elites may endanger elephants across Africa By Associated Press Political and military elites are seizing protected areas in one of Africa's last bastions for elephants, putting broad swaths of Zimbabwe at risk of becoming fronts for ivory poaching, according to a nonprofit research group's report that examines government collusion… Continue reading
Mar 10 An elephant never forgets (a voice) By Justin Scuiletti Elephants may be listening closer than you think. A new study released Monday from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that not only can wild elephants distinguish between different human languages, but they can also differentiate between… Continue reading