2013-04-24
Elephants Communicate in Sophisticated Sign Language, Researchers Say

Elephants may use a variety of subtle movements and gestures to communicate with one another, according to researchers who have studied the big mammals in the wild for decades. To the casual human observer, a curl of the trunk, a step backward, or a fold of the ear may not have meaning. But to an elephant—and scientists like Joyce Poole—these are signals that convey vital information to individual elephants and the overall herd.
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2013-02-17
Malaysia: Understanding elephants’ needs to reduce conflicts

Scientific information is extremely important and valuable for both conservation managers and research scientists in their effort to manage and save the Bornean elephants.
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2013-01-25
Climate change endangers elephants

Climate change leaves the animals at risk of drought, disease and death as the heat causes freshwater supplies to dwindle, infectious diseases to spread faster and brings with it one of the biggest killers of elephants in Myanmar - heat stroke.
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2012-12-16
Elephants near Timbuktu make astonishing migration treks

A group of elephants near Timbuktu makes an epic journey each year in their quest for food and water. Researchers found that they travel across an area of 12,355 square miles (32,000 square kilometers) in the deserts of Mali, marking the largest known elephant range in the world.
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2012-12-14
Scientists turn to genetics to help protect pygmy elephants

With only 2,000 left, they are the most endangered subspecies of Asian pachyderm. To help protect a diminutive elephant, researchers are taking an innovative look at the pachyderm's genome.
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2012-12-10
Vanishing corridors: trying to keep big animals on the move across Tanzania

One of the biggest challenges for big African wildlife like lions, elephants, and buffalo is movement across native habitat that is increasingly being encroached on by humans.
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2012-12-07
Relocating Elephants Backfires

You can move an elephant, but you can't make him stay. After monitoring a dozen bull Asian elephants in Sri Lanka that were transferred—three of them multiple times—to national parks, researchers have concluded that relocation neither reduces human-elephant conflicts nor helps conservation efforts.
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2012-10-10
Hair keeps elephants cool, new research proves

The problem elephants have is heat control. Animals the size of elephants generate a lot of body heat from respiration, digestion, and movement.
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2012-08-02
An Elephant's Silent Call

With their trumpet-like calls, elephants may seem like some of the loudest animals on Earth. But we can't hear most of the sounds they make. The creatures produce low-frequency noises between 1 to 20 Hertz, known as infrasounds, that help them keep in touch over distances as large as 10 kilometers. A new study reveals for the first time how elephants produce these low notes.
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