Africa's 2 elephant species are endangered - here's how we can save them
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African savanna elephants have declined by 60% since 1990. Forest elephants, which the IUCN is treating as a separate species…
African savanna elephants have declined by 60% since 1990. Forest elephants, which the IUCN is treating as a separate species…
George Wittemyer 04.01.20The Planet The Conversation: Dustin Shum/South China Morning Post via Getty Images COVID-19 is one of…
Government officers seize civets in a wildlife market in Guangzhou, China to prevent the spread of the SARS disease, Jan. 5…
Science writer Ed Yong has an amazing whodunit at The Atlantic on how genetic science can help stop elephant poaching. (more…)
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With other pressing developmental problems, it’s difficult for many African governments to justify the costs of ramping up the…
As the IUCN prepares to debate an end to the ivory trade, two new reports show just how poorly Africa’s elephant species are…
When people think of the illegal wildlife trade, it’s mostly elephant tusks and rhino horns that come to mind. But there is…
The companies include Google, Etsy, and JetBlue. The post On World Wildlife Day, Major Companies Pledge To Crack Down On…
Shots of Earth from space. The voice of a man you can’t see, but know you can trust. One hundred years ago, there were one and…
Samuel Wasser has been working to track down where poached ivory comes from. But to stop the killing, he says, a ban on the…
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Shifra Goldenberg, Colorado State…
During a visit to Kenya on Saturday, President Obama announced sweeping bans to the United States’ ivory trade in the hopes of…
During a visit to Kenya on Saturday, President Obama announced sweeping bans to the United States’ ivory trade in the hopes of…
A towering elephant sculpture made entirely from ivory tusks will now greet arrivals at Gaborone’s international airport, in…
A study published last week in Science showed that most of the ivory being trafficked today comes from two areas in Africa…
In Africa, rangers defending endangered animals from poachers are usually outmaneuvered. Drones equipped with predictive…
(Illustration: wonderisland/Shutterstock)The idea of taking on Africa's illegal ivory trade can seem overwhelming. Poachers…
Da “Resource Crisis”. Traduzione di MRDi Ugo BardiIl grafico sopra è riferito agli effetti della caccia di frodo agli elefanti…
From the Chronicle (What the Year's Most-Noticed Research Papers Tell Us About Ourselves): Skim the 100 most-discussed…
When it comes to charismatic megafauna the African elephant is one of our best...
Elephants are poached for their ivory at alarming rates. However, when the money runs out, theoretically the trade will too.
It’s one of the more incendiary questions discussed in wildlife conservation circles: Should there be a legal trade in elephant…
Over the last four years, the illegal trade in elephant ivory surged, while tens of thousands of elephants were killed for that…
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Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, according to a new study that provides the…
It's obvious that rampant poaching is not good for elephant populations. But a new paper has determined just how much of an…
Two or more dead elephants in one place means one thing: poaching by professional killers. Another tip-off is the lack of a face…