· 2dElephants avoid wasting energy during their epic journeys
Similarly, water sources play a key role in where they choose to go. However, individual elephants can respond to water differently. Some will stay nearby, while others roam further away. This indicates that their movement choices are much more complex than simply traveling over to the nearest body of water.
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Camera trap spots endangered elephant mother and calf on the moveA weatherproof box and motion-trigger camera help photographer Will Burrard-Lucas capture images of rarely seen African ...
Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.
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This Off-the-radar Country Is a Must-visit Safari Destination—How to Plan a TripFar from the well-trodden tourism path, the Central African nation promises unparalleled access to nature at its wildest.
elevated the conservation status of forest elephants to "fully protected," and doubled the national park agency's budget. In 2012, Gabon was the first African country to burn all its confiscated ...
Another iconic member of the Big Five is the elephant, the largest land animal on Earth. Two distinct subspecies live across 37 African countries: the African forest elephant and the African ...
the forest elephant and the savanna elephant. The results were eye opening. African elephants have experienced serious losses in contemporary times (between 1964 and 2016). The average ...
Michael Viyof Kuwong, wildlife veterinary officer at the WWF Kudu Zombo Programme, said this is equally true for African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) which are intuitive, including ...
A photo shows two African forest elephants. Photo from Will Burrard-Lucas and Wildlife Conservation Society High-definition trail cameras at a national park in the Republic of the Congo revealed ...
“This reduces the competition for nutrients so that elephants help to create bigger trees faster.” One species stands out: the African forest elephant. By toppling small trees and shrubs and ...
Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other ...
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