Endangered Asian elephant, 'Jet' born at St. Louis Zoo
The calf, a male named Jet, was born about 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Jet is the first member of a fourth generation of Asian ...
Endangered Asian elephant born at St. Louis Zoo
Jet, a male Asian elephant calf, was born at the St. Louis Zoo about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Lexie ...
Endangered Asian elephant calf ‘Kirby’ born at Houston Zoo
An endangered Asian elephant calf was born last week at the Houston Zoo. The Texas zoo said 34-year-old Asian elephant Shanti ...
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Elephant seal colonies in Argentina face long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ avian flu
An epidemic of avian flu in Patagonia appears to be on the decline after decimating southern elephant seal populations for ...
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Ratting out poachers: Rats take on illegal wildlife trade by sniffing out elephant tusks
African giant pouched rats were trained to detect illegally trafficked wildlife products, offering a new solution to combat ...
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Gabon forest elephant forays into villages spark ire
In heavily forested Gabon, elephants are increasingly wandering into villages and destroying crops, angering the local ...
Our messy association with elephants
The story of human interactions with elephants in India is that of a love-hate relationship. But do we really care to ...
“Who Are These Hominins?” – Paleontologists Uncover Mysterious Butchering of 300,000 Year Old Elephant
The discovery of 300,000 to 400,000-year-old elephant fossils and stone tools in India provides evidence of early human ...
Endangered newborn elephant born at Texas zoo is already walking. See the 314-lb baby
Kirby’s 34-year-old mother Shanti had a 21-month-long pregnancy and a 19-hour labor, according to zoo officials. Elephants ...
A 314-pound baby? Meet the elephant named Kirby, Houston Zoo's newest addition
A 314-pound baby elephant is the newest addition to the Houston zoo. According to the zoo, Kirby was born on Friday afternoon ...
‘It is important to study human-elephant conflict, but it is also important to understand elephants’ backgrounds and society’
Elephants are a good system for studying socio-ecological predictions,” says ecologist and educator T.N.C. Vidya at a recent ...
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Conservation urgency grows amid 77% elephant decline in 50 years
Researchers unveiled last week what they called the most comprehensive assessment of the status of the two African elephant species - the savanna elephant and forest elephant - using data on ...