There are only a few species of animals – that we know of – that use unique names to refer to each other. Humans obviously fall into this category, as do dolphins and even sometimes parrots. And now we’ve learned there’s another majestic species that has this rare ability: wild African elephants. But African elephants […]
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Trophy hunting of Amboseli’s super-tuskers in Tanzania sparks outrage, calls for a ban
Conservationists have called for a halt to trophy hunting of elephants from Kenya‘s Amboseli National Park that cross over into neighboring Tanzania, following the killing of at least five males with unusually large tusks by hunters in Tanzania. Trophy hunting is legal in Tanzania but not in Kenya. Under what conservationists described as a “gentleman’s […]
Man on Safari Killed by Elephant After Leaving Car To Take Pictures
A 43-year-old Spanish man has died after being trampled by a herd of elephants. The man, who was a tourist in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park, was killed on Sunday morning after leaving his vehicle to take pictures of the animals. He was traveling around the national park in a car with his fiancée and […]
Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants
In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and prolonged protection from poaching has created a population of bull elephants with enormous tusks, weighing up to 45kg apiece, large enough to scrape along the ground as the animals walk. To many, the bulls are “living […]
Study: African Elephants Address Each Other With Name-Like Calls
A team of scientists from Colorado State University, Save the Elephants and ElephantVoices used machine learning to confirm that calls of African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) contained a name-like component identifying the intended recipient. When the authors played back recorded calls, the elephants responded affirmatively to calls that were addressed to them by calling back […]
African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands
African elephant populations have stabilised in their southern heartlands after huge losses over the last century, according to the most comprehensive analysis of growth rates to date. The latest analysis also provides the strongest data so far showing that protected areas that are connected to other places are far better than isolated “fortress” parks at […]
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African Lion vs Cape Buffalo in Maasai Mara
We started our morning game drive in Maasai Mara with the amazing sighting of the African Elephant, which accidentally came our way when we went looking for the Leopard, that we had sighted the previous evening. We then headed towards the area where we had seen the African Lion brothers feasting on the Cape Buffalo […]