Elephants
U.S. Lifts Ban on the Import of African Elephant Trophies
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has said that it will now evaluate big-game permits on a ‘case-by-case basis’
Rare Mammoth Tracks Reveal an Intimate Portrait of Herd Life
Researchers piece together a 43,000-years-old tableau of an injured adult and concerned young
Wildlife Trade Researcher Esmond Bradley Martin Found Murdered in Kenya
He helped shine a light on the shadowy trade of ivory and rhino horns
Hong Kong Will Phase Out Ivory Trade by 2021
Conservationists hope the ban will help preserve the dwindling elephant populations
China Brings an End to Its Ivory Trade
The country is believed to have been one of the world’s largest markets for ivory products
Lawsuit Seeks "Personhood" for Three Connecticut Elephants
An animal advocacy group has filed a petition requesting that the elephants be removed from a traveling zoo
The Third-Term Controversy That Gave the Republican Party Its Symbol
The elephant and the donkey as symbols for America's biggest political parties date back to the 1800s and this controversy
The UK May Implement a Near-Total Ban on Its Ivory Trade
Though the ivory trade was banned internationally in 1990, the UK permits the sale of items crafted before 1947
Watch as This Life-Size Elephant Ice Sculpture Melts in NYC
The melting mammal was part of Amarula and WildlifeDIRECT’s “Don’t Let Them Disappear” campaign
Watch the Sri Lankan Navy Rescue an Elephant Stranded at Sea
It took 12 hours for a team of navy personnel, divers and wildlife officials to pull the creature back to shore
Appalled by the Illegal Trade in Elephant Ivory, a Biologist Decided to Make His Own
Faking the stuff of elephant tusks could benefit wildlife conservation and engineering—yet many technical hurdles remain
A Grand Unified Theory of Pooping
Why you and an elephant spend the same amount of time on the john
Elephants Can Afford to Be Picky About This Kind of Fruit
A single marula tree can provide up to 1.5 tons of fruit each season--as much as 90,000 fruits
African Elephants Sleep Just Two Hours Per Day, and Nobody Knows Why
That's less than any other animal on record
Topsy the Elephant Was a Victim of Her Captors, Not Thomas Edison
Many believe Edison killed Topsy to prove a point, but some historians argue otherwise
There's a New Tool in the Fight Against Elephant Poaching
An American biologist wields an innovative weapon against the illegal trade in African ivory
China Has Banned the Ivory Trade
By the end of 2017, the world’s largest ivory market will be closed
World’s Largest Herd of Origami Elephants Takes Over the Bronx Zoo
People around the world folded the paper pachyderms to raise awareness of the elephants' plight
Most Ivory for Sale Comes From Recently Killed Elephants—Suggesting Poaching Is Taking Its Toll
Carbon dating finds that almost all trafficked ivory comes from animals killed less than three years before their tusks hit the market
The U.S. Just Announced an Unprecedented Ban on African Ivory
Will tighter rules help reduce global demand?
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