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An 11-year-old boy made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery after finding an ancient elephant tooth right on the beach. The day of the big find, May 24, Charlie Orchard-Lisle was walking with his mother along East Lane beach in Bawdsey, a Suffolk coastal village in eastern England 75 miles from London, when he spotted the rock-like object […]
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Whipsnade Zoo has welcomed an endangered Asian elephant calf, a major boost for conservation efforts and the European breeding programme.
Terms of Reference (TOR) Procurement of an Event Management Agency for the Fundraising Event and Exhibition “Facing the Elephant Crisis: Elephants Survive, People Thrive” to Support the Conservation Work of WWF Thailand The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) was founded in 1961 and has grown into one of the world’s largest conservation organizations, working […]
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DNA taken from elephant dung revealed that Angola’s elephants living at high elevations belong to a distinct genetic lineage connected to elephants in Namibia. For more than 10 years, conservation biologist Steve Boyes pursued reports of “ghost elephants,” nighttime giants said to live in a remote high-altitude wetland in eastern Angola. In 2024, a motion [...]
This is the fifth and last part of our series (I, II, III, IV, V) looking at how Carthaginian armies were raised and constituted. Over the last four parts, we’ve looked at the larger components of Carthaginian armies: the relatively small role of Carthaginian citizens, the more prominent role of North African conscripts, of Numidian … Continue reading Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies,…
Two young African elephants have arrived at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm as part of a major European conservation programme.
Brijuni National Park in Croatia is one of Europe's most fascinating destinations – from real dinosaur footprints and an elephant gifted by Indira Gandhi to the vintage Cadillac that once carried Queen Elizabeth II
Michael Parr opens up in an exclusive shoot about his stunning engagement to partner Isabelle Du Plessis as the talk parenting, life on the Dales and plans for their big day
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Things are looking up in DR Congo’s Virunga Mountains, where recently scores of elephants have been returning across the border following a reduction in militia violence. Also this spring, there have been 9 healthy births recorded among the mountain gorillas, including rare twins which a ranger officer called “a very encouraging sign.” On the elephants, […]
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Kaavan the elephant hyears alone at Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad after his companion Saheli die but after campaigns took place the giant was finally released and freed to a new home
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An animal conservation/welfare organization has had to think big to solve a big challenge: how to transport elephants in need of veterinary care across long distances. Their response is the brand new “Elephant Ambulance,” a specially designed truck built to move elephants in a way that protects both them and everybody else on the road. […]
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A village in India has been left devastated after a herd of elephants ran through their village leaving a trail of death and destruction.
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The whiskers on an elephant’s trunk are key to its “amazing” sense of touch, reveals new research. The 1,000 hairs that cover the trunk have unusual properties that highlight where contact happens along each whisker allowing the largest land animal to grab something as small as a peanut, say scientists. The whiskers of elephants and […]
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An elephant’s trunk can surpass a human’s height and lift trees — a marvel of strength that’s conversely so gentle it can grasp a tortilla chip without breaking it. So how do the thick-skinned animals with poor eyesight pull off such delicate tasks? In a word, whiskers. New research published Thursday in the journal Science […]
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The elephant grabbed the man with its trunk, slammed him to the ground and stomped on him
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