Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food
Analysis of finds from the Neumark-Nord site near Halle provide first indisputable proof of active hunting of elephants by early ...
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Study reveals the true value of elephants
New research examining the services and benefits of elephants has revealed many values are often overlooked when deciding how they ...
Study reveals that wild African elephants choose paths leading directly to their favourite food
As human-elephant conflict continues to rise across Africa, researchers are searching for new ways to keep a watchful eye on ...
Asian elephants prefer habitats on the boundaries of protected areas
New research, offering the most comprehensive analysis of Asian elephant movement and habitat preference to date, finds that elephants prefer ...
Researchers examine the complex interactions between timber, logging, and forest elephants
Forest elephant populations have been seriously declining for decades. In a recent and extensive literature review published in Mammal Review, ...
City life or farm life? When elephants adapt to different human development
The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development, new research ...
Aspects of Asian elephants’ social life are related to their amount of stress hormones
An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants. For example, loneliness increased male ...
Wise old elephants keep the young calm
Male elephants are more aggressive when fewer older males are present, new research suggests.Credit: Connie Allen Male elephants are more ...
From giant elephants to nimble gazelles: Early humans hunted the largest available animals to extinction for 1.5 million years
Credit: Dana Ackerfeld The study shows that humans always hunted the largest available animals until they became exceedingly rare ...
Satellites reveal Ethiopian elephants under threat – Oxford study
Tens of thousands of illegal human settlements pose a real threat to the continued existence of an endangered elephant population, ...
An international team of scientists, lead by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, will investigate how elephants shape their environment even after death
Big animals have a big impact on the environment. Whales, elephants, bison: They’re the movers and shakers of their ecosystems. ...
Elephants strive to cooperate with allies, until the stakes get too high
Asian elephants are keen to cooperate with friends and have evolved strategies to mitigate competition in their social groups, but ...
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Anu, previously gropod, awarded nearly $1 million competitive grant from the National Science Foundation
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International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New experimental treatment can stop the growth of schwannoma tumors
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Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology
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In search of the invisible galaxy