| 单词 | African elephant |
| 例句 | Hannibal enlisted tamed African elephants in his unsuccessful war against Rome, and ancient Egyptians may have tamed giraffes and other species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z African elephants were tamed in Roman times despite the obvious danger, and Asian elephants are still being tamed today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What about the African elephants with which Hannibal’s armies crossed the Alps? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z An African elephant can’t stumble without falling on some white man with a shovel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And such poaching is causing populations of African elephants to decline by at least 2 percent per year since 2010, according to a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Poaching could drive elephants to extinction in decades 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The poaching of wild African elephants for their valuable ivory tusks is memorably examined in "Gardeners of Eden," a compelling documentary that's short on running time but long on emotion. 'Gardeners of Eden' shines light on elephant poaching 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Bigelow hovered in one corner, gently urging guests to try out the virtual reality headsets on display showing her documentary short, “The Protectors,” about rangers shielding African elephants from ivory poachers. LACMA's star-jammed Art + Film Gala and how it signals a turning point for the museum and the city 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Some of the links he makes are beyond tenuous—at one point he compares African elephants to the storm in “King Lear” on the grounds that both are “sublime grey objects”. All the world was his stage 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Seeing African elephants on safari is a once-in-a-lifetime, premium experience, and rightly so. Thailand’s elephants say goodbye to the circus – and a life of cruelty 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Asian and African elephants were declared endangered species in the 1970s, but ivory was legally traded under a “special rule” until 1988. Restrictions on instruments strikes sour note 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Shortly before her death, an African elephant at a sanctuary in Kenya was named "Pat Derby" to honor her work. 'Flipper,' 'Lassie' trainer-turned-activist dies 2013-02-18T23:16:03Z When David Balding met Flora, the African elephant at the center of this drama and the former star of his St. Louis circus, she was a baby. Movie Review: The Trick an Animal Cannot Learn: How to Be Wild Again 2011-06-07T22:16:55Z “The U.S. market is contributing to the crisis now threatening the African elephant,” the Fish and Wildlife Service director, Daniel M. Ashe, told Congress last month. New Limits on Ivory Sales Set Off Wide Concerns 2014-03-20T21:05:16Z Asian and African elephants are endangered in the wild because of loss of habitat and illegal poaching, she said. Former circus elephants just arrived at a new sanctuary. They are swimming and grazing on fruit buffets. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The rules are part of the government’s effort to ban the ivory trade in the face of the slaughter of African elephants. Federal Officials Ease Travel Rules for Instruments With Ivory 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Soon after he interviews for a high-end job in the world’s tallest building — an ugly metallic behemoth that looks like a twisty trunk of an African elephant grasping a baseball — violence happens. Review: In ‘Skyscraper,’ Dwayne Johnson Scales a Tower of Clichés 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Conservationists say a thriving ivory market in Asia is helping fuel the worst poaching epidemic of African elephants in decades. Elephants are under attack in African national park But because of poaching, 96 African elephants are killed every day, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is based at the Bronx Zoo. Spare Times for Children Listings for Aug. 12-18 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z “The U.S. market is contributing to the crisis now threatening the African elephant,” the Fish and Wildlife Service director, Daniel Ashe, told Congress last month. New limits on ivory sales set off wide concerns 2014-03-21T04:59:29Z Photograph: Tim Soar I am sitting in a sun-filled courtyard, sipping coffee in a raised plywood pod, and looking down at the skeleton of a two-year-old African elephant. A skeleton safari at the Royal Veterinary College 2010-12-07T22:00:00Z Barnum added the African elephant he named "Jumbo" to "The Greatest Show on Earth" in 1882. Elephants have given their final performance at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z On June 26, the United States will tighten restrictions on the use of Asian elephant ivory, African elephant ivory, sea turtle shell and Brazilian rosewood. Restrictions on instruments strikes sour note 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Twenty-two years later, Neiffer has now worked with hundreds of animal species, from huge African elephants to tiny fish and birds. Meet the National Zoo’s new chief vet, who cares for Bao Bao and other animals 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Shortly before her death, an African elephant at a sanctuary in Kenya was named “Pat Derby” to honor her work. Flipper, Lassie Trainer-Turned-Activist Dies 2013-02-19T15:29:38Z “I let you have veterans, why can’t you let me have African elephants and rhinos?” Prince Harry Learns to Cry, and Takes No Prisoners, in ‘Spare’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z In the wild, she notes, African elephants can give birth in their 60s, but females in captivity sometimes stop breeding in their 20s. Menopause may be widespread among mammals, challenging famed hypothesis 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z A bacterium, closely associated with deadly septicaemia, could have caused the deaths of six African elephants in Zimbabwe and possibly more in neighbouring countries. Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "But it had not been associated with septicaemia and never been found in the African elephants." Zimbabwe Elephant deaths: Mysterious bacterium found in bodies 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Even though it’s against the law, African elephants have long been hunted by poachers for their ivory tusks. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z An African elephant that was mounted after Brockhouse’s death added to the display. Lions, tigers, taxidermy, arsenic, political squabbling and the Endangered Species Act. Oh my. 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z This was miles into the conservation zone of Omo Forest Reserve in southern Nigeria, a protected area where logging is prohibited because it’s home to threatened species like African elephants, pangolins and white-throated monkeys. Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants. Rangers blame lax enforcement 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The findings place infectious diseases on the list of pressures on African elephants, whose populations continue to be under threat. Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z A full-size African elephant sculpture will be making its way through the streets on its way to a County Donegal exhibition. Full-size elephant sculpture being transported from Derry to Donegal 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Dr. Wasser's first list of DNA for African elephants came from elephant _______________. DNA from Elephant Tusks Helps Track Poachers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Siegel, for example, worked with colleagues to reveal that long-lived, intelligent African elephants also average about two hours a day, vying with elephant seals for the most sleepless mammal. Scientists crack the mystery of elephant seals’ extreme sleep habits 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The African elephant holds the record for sleeping the least of any mammal—about two hours a day—but now, the elephant seal is giving its namesake a run for its money. 2 hours of sleep a day? How this animal can survive is a mystery. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "Further research is needed to learn more about the bacteria and its long-term implications for the African elephant population and other wildlife." Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z It long seemed as though African elephants were the champions of the all-nighter. Elephant Seals Take Power Naps During Deep Ocean Dives 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Several Indigenous and local communities and a vast array of species including African elephants, black rhinos and cheetahs live among the vibrant marshlands. In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z They then compared them to the genomes of 28 modern-day Asian and African elephants. Small ears, frizzy hair and dry ear wax - the genetics of mammoths 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Next, the team drilled into the genome of African elephants, finding 674 genes that appear to be evolving rapidly. Elephants may be domesticating themselves 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Since the mammoth's DNA sequence obtained by Vow had a few gaps, African elephant DNA was inserted to complete it. Giant meatball of extinct mammoth unveiled in The Netherlands 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Vow used publicly available genetic information from the mammoth, filled missing parts with genetic data from its closest living relative, the African elephant, and inserted it into a sheep cell, Noakesmith said. Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The biomass of housecats is about double that of African elephants and four times that of moose. Who rules Earth? Wild mammals far outweighed by humans and domestic animals 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z It was much larger than the woolly mammoth and roughly twice as big as today’s African elephant. These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’ 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Gold-plated and about as wide as a full-grown African elephant, the telescope’s infrared-tuned primary mirror allows it to probe the atmospheres of exoplanets to a degree never before possible. JWST Heralds a New Dawn for Exoplanet Science 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “If you look at African elephants and Indian elephants, they’re relatively hairless, but they have very close relatives who were alive hundreds of thousands of years that were completely woolly,” Clark said. Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z However, conservationists say the U.S. must act forcefully to encourage other countries to take similar steps, much in the way the U.S. ban on the ivory trade has been pivotal in protecting African elephants. Historic ban on shark fin trade poised to become U.S. law 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z About 55 African elephants are killed every day for their tusks. Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The weight of the seized plants is roughly equivalent to more than five adult African elephants. Spain cannabis: Police claim largest ever seizure 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The window of Kraft’s studio displays the outlined head of an African elephant, a threatened species. Review | In the galleries: Rendering art through light and space 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z African elephants have much larger ears, which they fan out when they charge. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Fåhraeus and his colleagues are now following up on these results using blood samples from an African elephant at the Vienna Zoo. Why Elephants Don’t Get Cancer 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z At sea level, this pressure is roughly the same as that exerted by a full-grown African elephant standing on a doormat, or a typical bowling ball resting on your thumbnail. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z They will then try to create an embryo carrying that modified DNA that could gestate in an African elephant “surrogate” or an artificial uterus. De-extinction Company Aims to Resurrect the Tasmanian Tiger 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z After wallowing in the mud, this majestic African elephant was walking towards our safari vehicle, in the Ngorongoro Crater, in Tanzania, Africa. Picture of wild cat hunting flamingo wins award 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The researchers found a neurological correlation — African elephants devoted roughly 12,000 facial neurons to controlling just their ears. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z As part of a continuing collaboration with Zoo Atlanta, Mr. Schulz and his colleagues challenged two African elephants — one male and one female — to horizontally elongate their trunks to grab food placed far away. The Secret to an Elephant’s Trunk Is Skin Deep 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Officials can use DNA fingerprinting to identify the African elephant herds where the animals were poached for their tusks to help stop the illegal ivory trade. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z To carry out her measurements, the researcher followed groups of African elephants over a period of more than a year. Social support helps orphaned elephants 'cope' 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z For example, African elephants’ acumen remind us that humans are not so different. How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z African elephants utilize two fingerlike projections on the tips of their trunks to pinch objects, like the motion made with a pair of chopsticks. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Recently, Mr. Engelman measured the width of the joint in more than 400 species of mammals, including mice and African elephants. Earth’s Largest Rodents Were Smaller Than We Once Thought 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Some of the newly documented pachyderm behaviors—including carrying dead infants—have been observed in African elephants, as well as in chimpanzees, giraffes, and dolphins. YouTube videos reveal Asian elephants may mourn their dead 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z With this careful monitoring and dung-sampling, she and colleagues were able to study 25 orphaned African elephants, all of which had lost their mothers between one and 19 years earlier. Social support helps orphaned elephants 'cope' 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The African elephant carcasses will be the first allowed into the country in five years. U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The researchers pinpointed two neural regions in African elephants that probably correlated to fine finger control at the tips of their trunks; those regions were less defined in Asian elephants. It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z He explains that some of the more nervous animals - a 43-year-old African elephant known as Daisy, several bears, and zebras - are being kept inside in case the sound of explosions makes them panic. Ukraine: Elegant Odesa is transformed by efforts to deter Russians 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z They linked 10 cases of a "highly fatal haemorrhagic disease" in young Asian and African elephants in zoos. Vaccine trial for killer elephant virus begins 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z It demands that he be removed from the zoo and rehabilitated in a wildlife sanctuary that houses other African elephants. Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2021 revised its listing for both species of African elephant to highlight that both are at greater risk of extinction. U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z African elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal. Rare twin elephants born in Kenya 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z His team traveled to a South African elephant reserve to study how the animals specifically use that freedom. Movie-Making Tech Reveals Elephant Trunk Motions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Normally, both male and female African elephants have tusks, which are really a pair of massive teeth. Tuskless Elephants Escape Poachers, but May Evolve New Problems 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The two young African elephants - whose larger, fan-shaped ears make it easy to distinguish them from their Asian counterparts - were a diplomatic gift from Zimbabwe to then Indian president Shankar Dayal Sharma. Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z In 1989, when elephant ethologist Joyce Poole began carrying out surveys of three East African elephant populations to understand the impact that heavy poaching was having on them, she quickly noted several stark trends. Disturbing Answers to the Mystery of Tuskless Female Elephants 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Woolly mammoths reached approximately the size of the African elephant, the largest living land mammal today, and the two related species share other similar traits. Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z So the Chicago-based artist converted projections about the killings into a mournful, skittering tune designed to conclude in 25 years, when all wild African elephants are likely to be dead. A Smithsonian museum turns to art, not science, to hammer home a warning about Mother Nature 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Michael Pardo, a postdoctoral researcher at Colorado State University who wrote his Ph.D. thesis on woodpeckers, switched to studying vocal communication in African elephants three years ago. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Male African elephants, he adds, are perfectly capable of "making social bonds". Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Five feet long and weighing about the same as an adult African elephant, this space rock posed no threat. A 22-Million-Year Journey From the Asteroid Belt to Botswana 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The man “never shared space with two of the Zoo’s African elephants who were outside at the time,” zoo officials said. Man attempts to breach elephant exhibit at Milwaukee zoo 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z African elephants were previously assessed as one species on the IUCN's Red List. Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In late March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature formally divided African elephants into two distinct species, the savanna elephants described in the ethogram and the smaller, rarer and more elusive forest elephant. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Shankar is one of two African elephants in Indian zoos - the second is another male at the Mysuru Zoo in Karnataka state. Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z According to FOX 5 San Diego, zoo officials said the guests bypassed multiple barriers and "purposely and illegally trespassed" into a habitat that includes the zoo’s Asian and African elephants. San Diego man arrested for taking 2-year-old inside elephant exhibit at zoo 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z The researchers compared their data with African elephant DNA a second time, which allowed them to put all their DNA fragments in the correct order. Million-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Mammoth Family Tree 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Another fatberg was removed from London sewers in October, which weighed "more than an African elephant". Canary Wharf fatberg: Mass 'weight of bungalow' cleared from sewer 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Joyce Poole was 6 years old and living in Malawi when her family drove north to see the wild African elephants of what is now Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. What Has Four Legs, a Trunk and a Behavioral Database? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Ms Dhawan has also started an online petition asking the zoo to release Shankar and send him to a "wildlife refuge or sanctuary where there are ample African elephants". Shankar the elephant: Plea to send lonely African animal home from India 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Using a genome from an African elephant, a modern relative of the mammoth, as a blueprint for their algorithm, the researchers were able to reconstruct parts of the mammoth genomes. Million-year-old mammoth genomes set record for ancient DNA 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z And scientists are using these images to count African elephants from space. Elephants counted from space for conservation 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z At 56, Tyranza also set the record for longest-lived African elephant in North America, the zoo said. Zoo: Oldest African elephant in North America dies at 56 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z This year has been a difficult time for Fredzia, a young female African elephant at Warsaw Zoo in the Polish capital. Hemp oil trial for grieving elephant's stress 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The documentary follows the journey of African elephants on an eight-month trek across the Kalahari Desert. Meghan Markle's Disney 'Elephant' debut panned by critics as 'shallow,' cheesy 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z African elephants are referred as "tuskers" when their tusks grow so long that they reach the ground. One of Kenya's last big 'tusker' elephants dies 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mara, who weighs more than 4 tons and is believed to be a bit more than 50 years old, takes turns using the enclosure with African elephants Pupi and Kuki. Mara the elephant to leave Argentina for Brazil sanctuary 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Mara, who weighs more than 4 tons and is believed to be a bit more than 50 years old, takes turns using the enclosure with African elephants Pupi and Kuki. Mara the elephant to leave Argentina for Brazil sanctuary 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z African elephant populations plummeted from more than ten million to fewer than one million. 2020 in science and culture: Nature’s pick of the listings 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z M’Dunda was the third oldest African elephant in an Association of Zoos and Aquariums zoo, African elephant at Oakland Zoo dies after long life 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And baby African elephants will no longer be allowed to be taken from their families in the wild and sent to zoos, except under exceptional circumstances. Daily briefing: DARPA tweets request for an underground lair 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Baby African elephants will no longer be taken from the wild and sold to zoos after a near-total ban on their trade was approved on Tuesday. Global trade in baby elephants for zoos banned 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Riverbanks Zoo said the 49-year-old female African elephant named Robin was found dead early Thursday at the Columbia zoo. 49-year-old elephant dies at South Carolina zoo 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z "The giraffe is, in the wild, much rarer than African elephants, much rarer," Tom De Meulenaer, CITES' scientific services chief, told a news briefing. Giraffes get trade protection amid falling numbers 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “The giraffe is in the wild much rarer than African elephants, much rarer,” Tom De Meulenaer, CITES’ scientific services chief, told a news briefing before the vote. Trade in giraffes to be regulated for first time: CITES 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z This week, members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species are considering a proposal that would restrict the sale of wild African elephants to zoos in the United States and elsewhere. Some of America’s top zoos still use bullhooks on elephants. That’s about to change. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z An earlier vote at the Cites meeting delivered a ban on wild African elephants being exported to zoos. South Africa gets go-ahead to increase black rhino trophy hunting 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z "Only five countries want to re-open the trade in ivory but there is a 32-country bloc with the African elephant coalition that want full protection and a complete ban on ivory trade." Elephant protection to dominate CITES meeting 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z "We are talking about a few tens of thousands of giraffes, and about a few hundreds of thousands of African elephants. So we need to be careful," he said. Giraffes get trade protection amid falling numbers 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “We are talking about a few tens of thousands of giraffes, and talk about a few hundreds of thousands of African elephants. So we need to be careful,” he said. Trade in giraffes to be regulated for first time: CITES 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Recently, he said, he observed the dental exam of one of the tallest of the zoo’s six African elephants. Some of America’s top zoos still use bullhooks on elephants. That’s about to change. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z An estimated 100 African elephants are killed each day by poachers seeking ivory, meat and body parts, leaving only 400,000 remaining, environmentalists estimate. Singapore to ban domestic elephant ivory trade from 2021 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z "Thirty years ago in 1989, the parties decided to vote for the uplifting of African elephants and this basically saved the elephant from extinction," she told BBC News. Elephant protection to dominate CITES meeting 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z According to the zoo, a “strong and vigorous” African elephant male calf was born just before midnight on Friday. Louisville Zoo announces birth of baby elephant 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Msholo and two female African elephants, Kelly and Tara, will be the main attractions at Zoo Atlanta’s new African Savanna habitat, which opens Aug. 8. Msholo the African elephant leaves San Diego for Atlanta 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s one of the new enrichment activities for her and Brittany — both African elephants — as part of the zoo’s elephant exhibit that opened this spring. New Milwaukee zoo exhibit to improve standards for elephants 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s one of the new enrichment activities for her and Brittany - both African elephants - as part of the zoo’s elephant exhibit that opened this spring. New Milwaukee zoo exhibit to improve standards for elephants 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Singapore authorities seized 8.8 tons of smuggled ivory from nearly 300 African elephants in a record $48 million haul over the weekend. Singapore seizes 8.8 tons of elephant ivory in record $48 million bust 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z An announcement said authorities on Sunday seized 13.1 tons of pangolin scales as well as tusks from nearly 300 African elephants from containers being shipped to Vietnam. Singapore seizes tons of elephant tusks, pangolin scales 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “There is surprisingly little known about Asian elephants as ecosystem engineers, at least in comparison to African elephants,” says lead research Steven Platt, a herpetologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Myanmar program. Another Reason to Protect Elephants: Frogs Love Their Feet 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z This counter proposal, according to Higuero, seeks to place southern African elephants in Appendix I of Cites, which identifies species that are the most endangered among its listed animals and plants. Lift 'unfair' ban on ivory trade, southern African leaders urge summit 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The country is home to an estimated 130,000 African elephants — about a third of the world's remaining population. Bird massacre mystery: More than 500 critically endangered vultures poisoned 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The African elephant is listed as a vulnerable species. Singapore seizes 8.8 tons of elephant ivory in record $48 million bust 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z The living animal weighed an estimated 19,555 pounds, far heavier than today’s male African elephants, which top the scale at about 14,000 pounds, according to the New York Times. Omaha’s Durham Museum set to feature new T. rex exhibit 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z They add the African elephant is expected to fully recover. 4th Indianapolis Zoo elephant contracts deadly virus 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The country is home to an estimated 130,000 African elephants — about a third of all that remain. Botswana hires Hollywood firm to fight elephant hunting PR 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Power said he hopes to learn more about the nutrient composition of African elephant milk, how it changes over time and how milk differs among elephant cows. Orphaned elephants need milk. These baby-mother pairs might have the formula. 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z DNA testing “confirmed the statue was made of African elephant ivory,” according to the documents. Detectives scour eBay, Craigslist in ivory bust; first charges filed under 2015 state wildlife-trafficking initiative 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z A young African elephant died at the Indianapolis Zoo on Tuesday of an incurable type of herpesvirus, becoming the zoo’s second young elephant to die from the virus in a week. Second elephant in a week dies of herpesvirus at Indianapolis Zoo 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z They joined two other African elephants Peggy and Mabel and the four were called the zoo’s “Golden Girls” because they were all over the age of 40 and were spending their retirement in Miami. Miami elephant dies after fight with another 'Golden Girl' pachyderm 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Both federal and state laws restrict the commercial sale of hides from African elephants, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Products made of threatened African wildlife sold at US expo 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z African elephants are classed as vulnerable, the Asian species is endangered. Ivory DNA reveals mammoth secret 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Resolve notes that despite current conservation efforts, an African elephant is killed roughly every 15 minutes. AI-equipped cameras will help spot wildlife poachers before they can kill 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z In late February, a 50-year-old African elephant died at a Miami zoo after fighting with another elderly elephant. Second elephant in a week dies of herpesvirus at Indianapolis Zoo 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z While the various officials spoke at the zoo’s Elephant Odyssey, Shaba the African elephant strolled the grounds. La Jolla gallery charged in $1.3M illegal ivory ring 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He also sought to protect African elephants, financing a census and programs to combat trafficking in ivory. Remembering Paul Allen: In the beginning, there was Traf-O-Data and Hendrix 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The African elephant is known for its thick, wrinkly skin. Why Elephants Don’t Shed Their Skin 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The first lady's focus on elephant preservation also clashed with the administration's decision to allow Americans to resume importation of body parts of African elephants hunted for sport. First Lady Melania Trump goes her own way on trip to Africa - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The first lady’s focus on elephant preservation also clashed with the administration’s decision to allow Americans to resume importation of body parts of African elephants hunted for sport. Melania Trump puts on happier face during Africa tour 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Each year, poachers slaughter tens of thousands of African elephants to get ivory from their tusks. La Jolla gallery charged in $1.3M illegal ivory ring 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z One hundred million sharks are killed every year, mostly for their fins, and 20,000 African elephants for their ivory, he said. ‘Terror being waged on wildlife', leaders warn 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Save The Elephants, a Kenya-based conservation group, released the study on Tuesday, saying raw and worked ivory from Asian and African elephants is being smuggled in increasing quantities into China, the world’s biggest consumer. Ivory trade study is tribute to killed US conservationist 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Dr. Wasser had already developed a genetic map of African elephants by analyzing scat from across the continent. Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Ivory Poachers 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z About 40,000 African elephants are killed every year for their tusks, according to conservation groups. Botswana rejects claims of elephant poaching surge 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The normal background rate of the condition is more like 2 percent to 4 percent, which, coincidentally or otherwise, is close to the background rate of tusklessness among African elephants. How Teeth Became Tusks, and Tusks Became Liabilities 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the conservation group estimates around 55 African elephants are killed each day for their ivory. Meet an ivory trafficker's 'worst nightmare' 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The healthy male African elephant calf was born Sunday, which happened to be World Elephant Day. Baby elephant joins herd at San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The healthy male African elephant calf was born on Sunday, which happened to be World Elephant Day. Baby elephant joins herd at San Diego Zoo Safari Park 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z An African elephant on the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya. Analysis | The Energy 202: Three takeaways from Andrew Wheeler's first hearing since leading the EPA 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But the prehistoric beast they found weighed an estimated seven to 10 tons — more than an African elephant — and measured about 33 feet long. New Clues to How the Biggest Dinosaurs Got So Big 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The elephant’s milestone is significant: The average lifespan is 42 years for captive Asian pachyderms and 47 for captive African elephants. Oldest elephant at Tennessee sanctuary turning 70 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Addo is the most dramatic example of the increase in the numbers of African elephants without tusks but not the only one. Where Female Elephants Without Tusks Roam — and Poachers Stay Away 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z In 2015, U.S. law banned importing the body parts of African elephants killed for sport in Zimbabwe. Hunter accused of giving bribes for African elephant kill 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z In 2015, U.S. law banned importation of the body parts of African elephants killed for sport in Zimbabwe. Charges filed against South Africa hunter over ivory import 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Girls, girls, girls—the African elephant world revolves around them. Failure to Launch: These Animals Stay With Mom For Years 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Despite international efforts to ban the trade of ivory dating back decades, tens of thousands of African elephants continue to be killed for their tusks every year. Listening to elephants with earthquake-monitoring tools 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Females of that species seldom have tusks, and the male tusks are much smaller than those of African elephants. Where Female Elephants Without Tusks Roam — and Poachers Stay Away 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Anheuser-Busch says the preliminary diagnosis indicates the African elephant that has been at Grant’s Farm in St. Louis since 1986 died of a respiratory infection over the weekend. Bud the elephant dies of respiratory infection 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Wiley says the giraffe pregnancies are bringing some joy to his staff after the death of the zoo’s lowland gorilla in August and the death of an African elephant in December. Topeka Zoo announces 2 giraffes are pregnant 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z She shot and killed an African elephant from just five paces away, according to a blog post on the Safari CIub-affiliated site, Hunt Forever. Correction: Trump-Trophy Hunting story 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet earlier this month, the Trump administration quietly lifted the U.S. ban on importing African elephant trophies, to the dismay of environmental groups who said it sends precisely the wrong message. Trump administrations words, deeds on Africa are colliding 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z In most African elephant populations, as few as 2 percent of the cows lack tusks. Where Female Elephants Without Tusks Roam — and Poachers Stay Away 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The population of African elephants, the world’s largest land mammal, has declined from 5 million to 400,000 over the past century. Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump reversal of elephant trophy ban underscores the need to watch what he does, not what he says 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The trip comes as the Trump administration reverses course — again — on whether to let Americans import the body parts of African elephants shot for recreation. Tillerson promoting US-Africa relations — and damage control 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z It matches behavior patterns still found today in African elephants. Columbian Mammoth tracks found at Fossil Lake 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z South African elephant conservationist Wayne Lotter, whose work led to the breakup of major poaching rings, was killed in August in Tanzania. Esmond Bradley Martin, anti-poaching crusader, stabbed to death in Kenya 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z In August, renowned South African elephant conservationist Wayne Lotter was killed in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital. Renowned conservation investigator Esmond Bradley Martin killed at home in Kenya 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z He says he would personally miss his wisdom, insight, and passion, adding: "Esmond was a true giant of conservation and a champion for African elephants and rhinos." The daring, indefatigable man who took on ivory poachers 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Wildlife advocacy groups say tens of thousands of African elephants are killed for their tusks each year. Hong Kong Moves to Ban All Ivory Sales, Closing a Loophole 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z A rock as massive as 90 large African elephants moved several meters on Ireland’s Inishmore island in the winter of 2013-2014 after it was hammered by powerful coastal storm waves, researchers say. Analysis | The Energy 202: The conservative backlash to Trump's solar tariffs begins 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Inspectors were called after the Dec. 11 death of Shannon, an African elephant. Inspection finds no violations in death of Topeka elephant 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Wildlife campaigners believe 30,000 African elephants are killed by poachers every year. China enters 2018 with ivory ban in force 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z China is widely believed to be the world’s largest consumer of ivory, both legal and illegal, and it plays a major role in the yearly slaughter of some 30,000 African elephants by poachers. China Shuts Down Its Legal Ivory Trade 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z She suspects that importing and selling African elephant skins for medicinal purposes “is likely a scheme cooked up by traders and dealers.” Elephant Skin Auctions in Zimbabwe Are Booming—And Legal 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, bans international trade in ivory in principle to protect endangered African elephants. Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z In the dry heat of a South African savannah, a team of scientists is listening intently to the low rumbling sounds emitted by the world's largest land animal, the African elephant. The company that helps elephants and rocket cars 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z China is working hard to extinct East African elephants for their ivory and likely are also working hard to extinct Thailand's endangered species. How Not to Talk to an Ape Smuggler 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Because African elephants are listed as threatened on the Endangered Species Act, the law requires that import of any elephant or elephant parts must somehow contribute to their conservation in the wild. What the Ban on Elephant Trophies Means 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Outside New Jersey, New York, and California, which have banned it, properly certified African elephant hide is a product that in the view of the U.S. Elephant Skin Auctions in Zimbabwe Are Booming—And Legal 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He suggested that he does not buy the argument advanced by pro-hunting advocates within his Interior Department that the imports help protect endangered African elephants. Trump calls elephant hunting a ‘horror show’ and suggests he’ll enforce a ban on trophy imports 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The population of African elephants fell by some 30 percent between 2007 and 2014, with poaching the primary reason for the decline, according to a report released last year. Trump Administration Lifts Ban on Imports of Elephant Hunting Trophies 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z African elephants are a "threatened" species protected under the U.S. Does trophy hunting 'enhance survival of the species'? Trump administration policy allowing elephant trophies stirs debate – LA Times 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z The zoo in the Colombian city of Barranquilla successfully performed surgery on a five-tonne African elephant found on a ranch owned by drug traffickers. Elephant gets tusk-saving surgery 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z African elephants face serious threats from poaching for the illegal ivory trade. Poachers Work Across Borders. Why Not Conservation Efforts? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Find a group of wild-living African elephants and, often, they will either be tracked with radio collars or will be the focus of long-term conservation research, intensive ecotourism or determined law-enforcement efforts. Fatal extraction: how demand for hippos’ teeth is threatening them with extinction 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Noelle McElhatton from the Antiques Trade Gazette said those involved in the trade abhor poaching and are disgusted by what is happening to the African elephant. Ivory trade to be banned in UK 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of African elephants are killed every year for their tusks, and Chinese buyers are getting around a domestic ivory ban on the mainland by shopping in neighbouring countries. Laos is 'fastest growing' ivory market 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The zoo is home to Europe’s largest elephant herd in captivity, with 15 Asian and three African elephants. It's a boy! Belgian zoo delighted at Asian elephant's birth 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z China, the world’s largest ivory consumer, says it plans to shut down its ivory trade by the end of this year in an effort to curb the slaughter of African elephants. Corruption fuels ivory trade in Central Africa, study says 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Officials say a 3-month-old female African elephant born prematurely in May was euthanized Wednesday after failing to gain enough weight despite responding favorably to a feeding tube. Pittsburgh zoo’s oldest male tiger dies 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Officials said a 3-month-old female African elephant born prematurely in May was euthanized Wednesday after failing to gain enough weight despite responding favorably to a feeding tube. Pittsburgh zoo’s oldest male tiger dies 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Save The Elephants said the growing retail market in Laos is the latest threat to African elephants. Laos is 'fastest growing' ivory market 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The zoo is home to Europe’s largest elephant herd in captivity, with 15 Asian and three African elephants. It's a boy! Belgian zoo delighted at Asian elephant's birth 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z In 1994, for example, a female African elephant named Tyke crushed her trainer to death in front of a circus audience in Honolulu. Elephants unchained: 'The day has gone by when this was entertainment' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z There were over 10 million African elephants in the early 20th century, but it’s estimated that there are now less than 400,000, according to the Great Elephant Census. Want to ‘Speak’ Elephant? Now You Can 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Three years ago, New York tightened regulations meant to help keep African elephants from becoming extinct. Manhattan Antique Dealers Plead Guilty to Selling Illegal Elephant Ivory 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Nothing illustrates the miserable state of the Caricuao zoo more than the dozen vultures circling above the pen of Ruperta, a 46-year-old African elephant who was once the animal park’s star attraction. Another victim of Venezuela's unrest: Caracas' once-renowned zoo 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Gray hair aside, age does confer status for some female animals, including those living in matriarchal societies, such as bonobos and African elephants. Why Animals Get Gray Hair, Too 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The Elephant Ivory Act regulates the domestic ivory market and criminalizes the sale of African elephant ivory. Police in Thailand say ivory trade crackdown is successful 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s hoped that Louie and the females will create a new bloodline among captive African elephants in North America. Toledo Zoo’s Louie the elephant arrives at new Nebraska home 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Even 50 African elephants will be making their way to Zinave. Rewilding Mozambique – funded in part by trophy hunting 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z A better icon might be an elephant, particularly an African elephant, for elephants are not mere collateral damage in humanity’s relentless expansion. Conserve elephants. They hold a scientific mirror up to humans 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Even an "average" sauropod was far larger than an African elephant or Paraceratherium, the largest land mammal of all time. Secret Air Sacs Made This Dinosaur Extra Light 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The World Wildlife Fund lists African elephants as “vulnerable,” noting that 415,000 are now living in the wild, down from 3 million to 5 million a century ago. Elephant crushes hunter as it falls from fatal shot 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z More recently, in the nineteen-eighties, Japanese demand for ivory hit African elephants hard. Pandas, Pangolins, and China’s Fitful Attempts at Wildlife Conservation 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The Okavango Delta World Heritage site in Botswana is a key location for elephants in the north of the country, which make up almost a third of all remaining African elephants. Wildlife crime 'threatens nearly half the world's heritage sites' - BBC News 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z African elephants are a regular feature of the Monte Carlo International Circus. Secret footage obtained of the wild elephants sold into captivity in Chinese zoos 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z "I believe that the future of the African elephants is in the hands of China," said Ian Douglas-Hamilton, the group's founder and president. China ivory prices fall on ban, but illegal markets abroad thrive: researchers 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But doing so would be expensive and difficult — and Asian and African elephants are at risk of extinction themselves. Gorsuch, Rockefeller, Brady: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Dawn, who worked with Tembo the African elephant, loved the experience. Topeka gallery to show paintings by artists, animals 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z He voted against oil drilling off the California coast and worked to protect the endangered African elephant by restricting U.S. imports of elephant ivory. Anthony Beilenson, maverick California congressman, dies at 84 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z A new champion non-sleeper has been crowned: Loxodonta africana, the African elephant. These elephants sleep only 2 hours a day, and scientists have no clue how they do it 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z But after the global climate began warming some 12,000 years ago, mossy tundra began to replace grasses, depriving the massive animals—roughly the size of modern African elephants—of their most important food source. The last, lonely woolly mammoths were ‘genetically screwed’ 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Wild African elephants sleep for the shortest time of any mammal, according to a study. Mysteries of elephant sleep revealed - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z When Lucy was about 15 years old, the zoo hoped to provide her with a companion and acquired a one-and-a-half-year-old orphaned African elephant. The world's coldest elephant? Campaigners call for Edmonton's Lucy to head south 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Sauropods were colossal creatures, reaching up to 50 meters in length and weighing as much as 77 metric tons—14 times the weight of modern-day African elephants. Zigzagging backbones helped turn dinosaurs into giants 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The law, which became effective in July 2016, imposed a near-total ban on the commercial trading of African elephant ivory, as well as teeth or tusks from hippopotamuses, mammoths, mastodons, walruses, warthogs, whales and narwhals. State authorities seize hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of illicit ivory in Los Angeles County 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z With their numbers dropping around 30 percent between 2007 and 2014 , African elephants are on the World Wildlife Fund's vulnerable list. Yahoo Japan defies calls to rethink ivory sales as Yahoo Inc CEO weighs in 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z A recent study showed African elephants have the most genes dedicated to smell of any mammal. Australian zoo sniffs out way to lift elephant's mood - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Although daunting, this sum is less than $1,500 a year for each live African elephant — much lower than even conservative estimates of its value to ecosystem services and ecotourism. African elephants: Scale up elephant anti-poaching funds : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z With the African elephant population in drastic decline — the most recent Great Elephant Census attributed a drop of about 30 percent from 2007 to 2014 to poaching — the need for urgency was clear. China finally takes a step to stop the slaughter of elephants 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z By one estimate, more than 100,000 African elephants were slaughtered between 2007-14, mostly to satisfy demand for ivory in eastern Asia, particularly China. 'Elephants are not the only victims': the lament of China's ivory lovers 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Any potential new companion will need to be an older African elephant which recognises Mondy's dominant nature. Search on to find friend for Scotland's only elephant - BBC News 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Poaching is a major factor contributing to the rapid decline in the numbers of African elephants, with about 20,000 slaughtered every year, according to the WWF. China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Assuming similar factors operate in Africa, and given that the estimated range of the African elephant is 3 million km2, on-the-ground action at poaching sites would need some $600 million annually. African elephants: Scale up elephant anti-poaching funds : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Just 90,000 giraffes exist in the wild – far fewer than the endangered African elephant. Rare Rothschild's giraffe born at Chester zoo on Boxing Day 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Surveys in the country’s three biggest cities, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, found that 95% of the residents wanted the government to ban the ivory trade in order to protect African elephants. 'Elephants are not the only victims': the lament of China's ivory lovers 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z At a recent wildlife trade convention meeting in South Africa, the EU voted as a bloc and helped defeat a motion to put the African elephant on the highest level of protection. China to set date to close ivory factories 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It says about 415,000 African elephants remain today, compared with the 3 to 5 million in the early 20th century. China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z But in April 2014, the agency reversed its stance and announced a ban on the import of sport-hunted African elephant trophies in Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Judges allow hunters to sue Fish and Wildlife Service over elephant trophy ban 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In the midst of a speech at Chatham House to ambassadors and foreign policy advisers, the UK foreign secretary said he was “obsessed with the tragic fate of the African elephant”. Boris Johnson makes 'save African elephant' plea 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z He said that the Great Elephant Census published this summer confirmed our worst fears about the shocking 30 percent decline in the African elephant population in just seven years. Prince William: We’re still step behind wildlife traffickers 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The African elephant faces an unprecedented poaching and trafficking threat. Vietnam destroys mass rhino horns and elephant ivory 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The United States enacted a near-total ban on commercial trade in ivory from African elephants in June. China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Around 1400, the value of ivory in Europe fell as tusks from Russian walrus and African elephants flowed into the continent. Why did Greenland’s Vikings disappear? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Prosecutors ultimately charged Gutierrez with aiding the attempted exportation of African elephant ivory without proper documentation under federal law, including the Endangered Species Act. 'Greatest living pool cue maker' sentenced after pleading guilty to helping smuggle elephant ivory 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Investigative documentary on the massacre of African elephants. Every movie being released this holiday season, including 'Silence,' 'Star Wars,' 'Fantastic Beasts,' 'Elle,' and more 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Most African elephants are Appendix 1, which means they are considered critically endangered and have a status that bans the international trade of their ivory altogether. A Win in the Ground War Against Elephant Poachers in Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z African elephants and rhinos may seem far away, but Measure 100 is a small way to protect them. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Uplisting all African elephants would send an "absolutely clear" message that the trade must stop. Efforts to boost elephant protection fails at Cites - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Eileen M. Decker noted the “devastating impact” on African elephants from the illegal ivory trade. 'Greatest living pool cue maker' sentenced after pleading guilty to helping smuggle elephant ivory 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z They want to upgrade all African elephants to the most protected status, removing any possibility of a commercial trade. Call to close ivory markets agreed at Cites conference - BBC News 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z The arrest of a key member of the 2Pac group is a bright spot in an otherwise complicated season for African elephants. A Win in the Ground War Against Elephant Poachers in Africa 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z African elephant numbers, for example, fell by 20 percent between 2006 and 2015 because of a surge in ivory poaching, according to conservationists. Rangers try gaming technology to protect African wildlife 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The EU also took this line, stating that the southern African elephant populations didn't meet the biological criteria for uplisting. Efforts to boost elephant protection fails at Cites - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Rhino poaching in Africa reached record levels last year, while the African elephant population is facing a precipitous fall. To sell or not to sell? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The conveyor belt to Asia sags under the weight of the ivory from something like 90 dead African elephants every day. Animal trafficking: the $23bn criminal industry policed by a toothless regulator 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The helmeted hornbill isn't getting as much attention as the beleaguered African elephant at a wildlife conference this week in South Africa. Poachers target rare bird's "ivory" beak in Southeast Asia 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The helmeted hornbill isn’t getting as much attention as the beleaguered African elephant at a wildlife conference this week in South Africa. Poachers target rare bird's 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z In 1989 Cities banned international trade in ivory by listing all African elephant populations in its appendix 1. African elephant numbers plummet during 'worst decline in 25 years’ 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Against the backdrop of a surge in African elephant and rhino poaching, and continuing deforestation and habitat losses, governments will come under intense pressure in Johannesburg to increase protection for many hundreds of endangered species. The grey parrot and the race against Africa’s wildlife extinction 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z However, a counter proposal from a number of other African countries seeks to raise all African elephants to Appendix I to ensure there is no legal loophole for any ivory trade. Deep divisions over elephants to dominate key species meeting - BBC News 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Reaching heights in excess of three metres and a mass of six tonnes, African elephants are the world's largest land animal. Species body says extra elephant protection could boost ivory trade - BBC News 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z But there are actually two species of African elephants. More Bad News for Africa’s Elephants: A Super-Slow Reproduction Rate 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The division of the African elephants, originally considered a single species, was confirmed only in 2010. Elephant history rewritten by ancient genomes 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Some, like the lion, African elephant and pangolin, are high profile, but many reptiles, coral and fish, such as the banggai cardinal fish, are barely known. The grey parrot and the race against Africa’s wildlife extinction 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z There's just one problem, a new study says: African elephants grow and reproduce too slowly to support a robust global trade in the material, used for carvings and jewelry. Legalizing ivory trade won't save elephants, study concludes 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Habitat loss and rampant poaching has drastically reduced this number, with African elephants now being killed at a faster rate than they are reproducing. Push for ban on domestic ivory trade spurs feud at international summit 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z "If we can't save the African elephant, what is the hope of conserving the rest of Africa's wildlife?" asked elephant ecologist Mike Chase, the study's lead researcher. Global warming is key topic at Hawaii conservation congress 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In an effort to curb the practice, the United States this summer announced a near-total ban on the commercial trade of African elephant ivory. African Elephant Population Dropped 30 Percent in 7 Years 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Interviews with intelligence operatives, undercover activists, frontline rangers and conservationists are featured in this documentary chronicling the ivory trade and its threat to the African elephant from extinction. Every movie being released this fall, including 'Sully,' 'Girl on the Train,' 'Magnificent Seven,' 'Loving,' and many more 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Trying to essentially farm African elephants for their tusks will likely "kick them into extinction," he says. Legalizing ivory trade won't save elephants, study concludes 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z "If we can't save the African elephant, what is the hope of conserving the rest of Africa's wildlife?" elephant ecologist Mike Chase, the lead researcher, said in a statement. Africa's Elephant Numbers Are Shrinking 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z “If we can’t save the African elephant, what is the hope of conserving the rest of Africa’s wildlife?” elephant ecologist Mike Chase, the lead researcher, said in a statement. Africa's elephants rapidly declining as poaching thrives 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Forest elephants are an elusive subspecies of African elephants found in the rainforests of central and western Africa. African forest elephants may face extinction sooner than thought: study 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z One of two species of African elephant - the other is the more numerous and larger Savannah elephant - the forest dwellers can hardly sustain this kind of lethal pressure because few other mammals reproduce so slowly. Africa forest elephants may take almost a century to recover from poaching: study 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Contrary to common wisdom, most researchers now accept that African elephants are actually two distinct species. Threat to African forest elephants 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z She was joined by her longtime companion, Shannon, a 34-year-old African elephant. Topeka Zoo adds 2 new elephants; 1 is a past movie star 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Asian elephants are also in trouble: there are fewer than 40,000 Asian elephants left in the world, which is less than one-tenth of the African elephant population. Today Is World Elephant Day. Here’s Why That Matters 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Prosecutors say Gutierrez sold two people 41 sections of cues containing ivory from African elephants. Famous cue maker charged with helping smuggle elephant ivory 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The illegal killing of African elephants for their ivory seems to have fallen from record peaks but poaching of the animal is still far too high, an international report said on Thursday. Elephant poaching in Africa down, but still far too high: CITES 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The rapid growth in the illegal killing of African elephants seen since 2006 seems to have stabilised and may be decreasing. Elephant killings in Africa 'stabilise' but threat continues - BBC News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z BIG BONES: Mexican authorities seized a massive African elephant skull in the car of a man entering the country from Texas, says Breitbart News. Dried Seahorses Seized—All Eight Million 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z In a June report, the environmental body said more than 30,000 African elephants were poached for their tusks annually, and that smugglers and illegal traders remained in business. Hong Kong timetables total ban on ivory trading for first time 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Wildlife advocates are pushing for the EU to shut down its ivory trade, which contributes to the slaughter of some 30,000 African elephants a year. In Fighting Illegal Ivory, EU Lags Behind Poachers kill an estimated 96 African elephants every day, causing conservationists to warn that the iconic animals could disappear in our lifetime if the tide doesn't turn. Rangers Use Artificial Intelligence to Fight Poachers 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z At present all commercial, international trade in ivory from African elephants is prohibited. Elephant killings in Africa 'stabilise' but threat continues - BBC News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z A year after proposing a near-total ban on sales of products containing African elephant ivory, the Obama administration made the rule final Thursday, ending a trade as old as the United States. Antique dealers say the new federal ivory ban will cost them up to $12 billion 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The measure comes as concern grows over a decline in African elephant populations largely driven by poaching. The U.S. Just Took a Big Step Toward Saving the Elephant 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Ivory trafficking by criminal syndicates causes the poaching deaths of some 30,000 African elephants a year. In Fighting Illegal Ivory, EU Lags Behind An estimated 96 African elephants are killed every day for ivory, sold across Asia and the Americas. US adopts near total ban on commercial ivory trade 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “We’re particularly pleased that the rule confirms that domestic trade and international trade with existing musical instruments that contain small amounts of African elephant ivory aren’t contributing to the poaching crisis.” U.S. to Ban Commercial Trade of African Elephant Ivory 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s already illegal to import African elephant ivory for commercial use and to export raw ivory. Feds issue rule to restrict ivory sales across state lines 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “We still have much to do to save this species, but today is a good day for the African elephant.” The U.S. Just Took a Big Step Toward Saving the Elephant 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In that year the African elephant was listed as at risk, and restrictions on trade in ivory came into effect. In Fighting Illegal Ivory, EU Lags Behind The zoo says the infant’s weight at birth was at the low end of the 150-to-300-pound range expected for healthy newborn African elephant. Elephant rescued from Swaziland delivers calf at Dallas Zoo 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Soaring ivory prices have led to the slaughter of at least a hundred thousand elephants in recent years; perhaps only four hundred thousand African elephants remain. Shootout in Garamba 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey bought an African elephant, Old Bet, in 1808, said to be the first elephant to perform in the US. Elephants bow out at top US circus - BBC News 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The proposals call for re-listing all remaining African elephant populations at the highest level of international protection afforded by CITES, which would effectively shut down all legal international sales of ivory. Kenya Sets Ablaze 105 Tons of Ivory Ivory Speaking on Friday, Kenyatta said: “The future of the African elephant and rhino is far from secure so long as demand for their products continues to exist.” Kenya to burn largest ever ivory stockpile to highlight elephants' fate 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Recently Big Game Parks made controversial headlines by exporting 17 African elephants to three American Zoos. A Bombshell in the World of Rhinos 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z “The future of the African elephant and rhino is far from secure so long as demand for their products continues to exist,” he said. Kenya to burn biggest ever stockpile of ivory 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z In February, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service approved the transfer of 18 African elephants from Swaziland to zoos in Texas, Kansas and Omaha, saying the animals were threatened by habitat destruction and drought. Airlift Is Sending 33 Lions From South American Circuses to African Sanctuary 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z "If we allow current trends to continue, there will be no African elephants or rhinos left in the wild by the time my daughter Charlotte reaches her 25th birthday," he said. Prince William in plan to tackle wildlife trafficking - BBC News 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The legislation focuses on specimens of the “big five African species,” which includes the African elephant, lion, leopard, black rhinoceros and the white rhinoceros. Proposed game trophy hunting ban resurrects ivory debate 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z About 33,000 African elephants are slaughtered each year for their tusks. Prominent Auctioneer Lied About Selling Wildlife Products Recent data released by the UN shows that more African elephants are being killed for ivory than are being born, meaning that the overall population is in decline. US zoos secretly fly 18 elephants out of Swaziland ahead of court challenge 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Data released on Thursday showed that more African elephants are being killed for ivory than are being born. Obama says that urgent action is needed to save elephants from going extinct 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z About 100 African elephants are slaughtered every day to meet the demand for ivory products, many of which end up in the U.S. JetBlue, Etsy, and Others Want to Help Stop Wildlife Crime African elephants: No surprise here, Americans want elephant products. Snakes, Sharks, and Other Wild Animals Americans Want 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The recent death of a young African elephant in quarantine in China—one of 24 elephants exported from Zimbabwe in July 2015—attests to Schubert’s point. The World Has a Chance to Make the Wild Animal Trade More Humane 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z So they’re trying to maintain a genetically viable African elephant population in the U.S. Why the U.S. Is Allowing Zoos to Import Wild Elephants From Africa Michael Oryem poses with two elephant tusks that he helped the Ugandan army recover from the Lord’s Resistance Army, an armed group that’s deeply involved with central African elephant poaching. See National Geographic’s Latest Award-Winning Photos 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The illegal trade in ivory from African elephants is driven by Asian and Middle Eastern demand for their tusks, which are used in ornaments and medicines. Sri Lanka destroys huge illegal ivory haul 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service approved an application to import 18 African elephants from Swaziland to three zoos in the United States. U.S. Says Yes to Importing 18 Elephants From Swaziland 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Based on bone sizes, researchers estimated that this individual weighed 70 tons — as much as 10 African elephants, the heaviest land animals today. In Argentina, Rancher’s Discovery Leads to Largest Titanosaur 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Poachers slaughter about 30,000 African elephants each year for their ivory. Hong Kong to Shut Down Legal Ivory Trade Michael Oryem poses with two elephant tusks that he helped the Ugandan army recover from the Lord’s Resistance Army, an armed group that’s deeply involved with central African elephant poaching. See National Geographic’s Latest Award-Winning Photos 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Around 30,000 African elephants are slaughtered each year by poachers for their ivory. Conservationists betting on bees to ease clash of humans and elephants 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z China is not the only country intent on importing African elephants to zoos. More African Elephants May Be Sold to China This Year 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z He bought an African elephant tusk, as well as other pieces of ivory, and told his supplier to lie on customs forms. Crime Blotter: Elephant Ivory, Rhino Horn, a Giraffe Skull, and More 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z That suggests most of the ivory for sale is illegal—and likely from African elephants. Cracking Down on Illegal Ivory is About to Get Easier in Thailand 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Michael Oryem poses with two elephant tusks that he helped the Ugandan army recover from the Lord’s Resistance Army, an armed group that’s deeply involved with central African elephant poaching. See National Geographic’s Latest Award-Winning Photos 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z With some 30,000 African elephants being killed for their tusks each year, and the continent-wide population estimated at only 400,000, some experts are wondering if that commitment will be enough. China Pledges To Do More—But Is It Enough To Stop Elephant Poaching? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which promotes and oversees zoos in the U.S., there are 160 African elephants and 139 Asian elephants in its affiliated institutions. Should U.S. Zoos Be Allowed to Import 18 African Elephants? 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Confiscated African elephant tusks are displayed during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Crime Blotter: Elephant Ivory, Rhino Horn, a Giraffe Skull, and More 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z A number of large seizures of African ivory further demonstrates that Thailand’s trade is helping fuel the poaching crisis in which some 303,000 African elephants are killed each year. Cracking Down on Illegal Ivory is About to Get Easier in Thailand 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z As the African elephant population falls to historic lows, tusks are exiting Mombasa in record numbers—secreted in containers of dried fish, buried in chili powder or wedged inside vats of shea butter. How Kenya’s Port of Mombasa Became the World’s Hub for Ivory Smuggling 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Just ask the Apatosaurus, which was, at 75 feet snout-to-tail, longer than a city block, and weighed at least 16 metric tons, which is about two African elephants, plus a third of another elephant. The Verge Review of Animals: the Apatosaurus 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Although African elephants are being poached in the tens of thousands every year, their overall numbers are still estimated in the hundreds of thousands. Should U.S. Zoos Be Allowed to Import 18 African Elephants? 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Puffins are now as endangered as the African elephant. 10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Puffins are now facing the same threat of extinction as African elephants and lions, according to the world's largest environmental organisation. Puffins 'could be extinct within decades' - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z National Geographic reported in 2014 that 100,000 African elephants, the world’s largest land animal, were killed in the three years prior. Elephant may be the largest trophy kill in Africa in 30 years 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z But there are very few bigger, older male African elephants left, Poole said. Why Killing a Bull Elephant With Big Tusks Hurts the Herd 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Data from the University of Washington’s Center for Conservation Biology estimates that, as many as 50,000 elephants are killed annually, based on the amount of African elephant ivory seized. Initiative seeks state penalties for wildlife trafficking 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Now, a new study shows that the genome of the African elephant contains 40 copies of a cancer-busting gene. Top stories: Elephants crush cancer, epigenetics influence sexual orientation, and kitty contraceptives 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z In February, China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports amid criticism that its citizens' desire for ivory threatens African elephants. Tanzania: Chinese woman, 2 local men charged with smuggling 1.9 tons of ivory 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z A possible reason for pachyderms’ reduced susceptibility to cancer turned up in the genome of the African elephant. How elephants crush cancer 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z This elephant will not be replaced for a long time given the terrible state of African elephants.” Why Killing a Bull Elephant With Big Tusks Hurts the Herd 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z In 1989, the convention declared the African elephant an endangered species, essentially banning the international commercial trade in its tusks. China-U.S. ivory ban offers hope of saving elephants but terms unclear 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Wildlife conservation groups say that Asia, and China in particular, are the key cogs in an industry that they say has helped to encourage the slaughter of some 30,000 African elephants a year. U.S.-China Deal to Ban Ivory Trade Is Good News for Elephants 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z An endangered species, they are the second largest mammal on land, behind the African elephant. Here's Where Ringling Bros. Is Sending Its Circus Elephants to Retire 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z To investigate how the extra copies of the p53 gene fend off tumors, the team dosed African elephant cells with radiation, damaging their DNA. How elephants crush cancer 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, African elephants are classified as “vulnerable,” below “endangered” and “critically endangered,” and their population is increasing. A Hunting Ban Saps a Village’s Livelihood 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z A full-grown male African elephant weighs about 6 tons. Huge dinosaur fossils hauled to Billings; may be new species 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Commercial imports of African elephant ivory, even antiques, were banned, and the restrictions limited the number and types of hunting trophies that could be brought into the country. U.S.-China Deal to Ban Ivory Trade Is Good News for Elephants 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z They will join four other female African elephants in Colorado. Garden City zoo’s elephants to be shipped to Colorado 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z At up to 4800 kg, an African elephant packs about 100 times as many cells as you do. How elephants crush cancer 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Department of the Interior to name the African elephant a “threatened species,” severely restricting imports of materials associated with the animal’s hunting. If You Got Mad Over Cecil the Lion, Here's What You Can Do 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Big game hunting groups and the National Rifle Association are likely to fight the ban, despite an exemption that allows individuals to bring two “sport-hunted African elephant trophies” into the US per year. Inside the complicated world of online wildlife trafficking 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z According to those figures, in 2011 alone poachers killed roughly one in every 12 African elephants. 6 endangered animals poachers are hunting into extinction 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z He announced changes that would effectively ban the commercial trade of African elephant ivory in the United States in an attempt to further close trading loopholes exploited by traffickers. After Cecil the Lion’s Killing, U.S. and U.N. Look to Take Action 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Corresponding pages featuring photos of Palmer with an African lion, a southern white rhinoceros and an African elephant remained accessible on the club’s website. Minnesota dentist rarely discussed hunting with patients 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The changes would restrict the sale of African elephant ivory across state lines in the United States while adding new limits to commercial exports. Obama Administration Targets Trade in African Elephant Ivory 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z African elephants have one particular alarm that appears to be their word for, “Bees!” Here's What Would Happen If Animals Could Talk 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z African elephants like this one in Tsavo East game park are getting poached at unprecedented rates, but new efforts are gearing up to address the problem. U.S. Steps Up Fight Against Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Gordon was an art and antiques dealer who was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $157,500 in fines and forfeitures for smuggling African elephant ivory into the US. I just watched the government crush one ton of ivory in Times Square 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z More than a ton of ivory taken from poached animals was crushed in New York’s Times Square on Friday to highlight the threat of the ivory trade to the African elephant. Why Elephant Advocates Crushed A Ton of Ivory In Times Square 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Adding to existing federal laws, the rule changes would amount to a near total ban on the commercial trade of African elephant ivory in the United States. Obama Administration Targets Trade in African Elephant Ivory 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The global poaching trade is now at its highest in decades, with tens of thousands of African elephants killed every year. US crushes 'blood ivory' in New York's Times Square 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z African elephants are divided into two sub-species: the forest elephant and the Savannah elephant. Elephant poaching hotspots identified - BBC News 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service crushes one ton of confiscated ivory Friday to protest the illegal poaching of African elephants for the ivory trade. U.S. to Crush a Ton of Poached Ivory in Times Square 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Biologists estimate the business kills roughly one out of every ten African elephants each year. How Poop-Sniffing Dogs Could Help Save Endangered Species 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z African elephants are in crisis, facing an onslaught of poaching for the valuable ivory in their tusks. DNA from elephant tusks reveals poaching routes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The 65-year-old man was walking in the woods near Buchen, a town in southwest Germany, when the African elephant attacked him, police said. World digest: June 13, 2015 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The man, 65, was walking in woods near the town of Buchen when he encountered the female African elephant, called Baby. Walker in Germany is killed by an escaped circus elephant - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z The 65-year-old man was walking in the woods near Buchen, a town in southwest Germany, when the African elephant attacked him shortly after 5 a.m. Elephant escapes from circus, kills man in Germany 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z At an event this past week, workers destroyed 662kg of confiscated ivory in a symbolic gesture of the country's commitment to fighting African elephant poaching. China will begin phasing out its ivory industry in an effort to fight poaching 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Advocates have been going state-by-state trying to shut down a market they say is leading to the slaughter of African elephants by poachers who are using some of the proceeds to fund terrorism. Session saw launch of school overhaul, water cleanup efforts 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Prof William Ripple, of Oregon State University, led the research looking at herbivores weighing over 100kg, from the reindeer up to the African elephant. Wildlife decline may lead to 'empty landscape' - BBC News 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z A 2014 report found that poachers killed nearly 100,000 African elephants in just three years, and experts say the trend has continued unabated, despite government pledges to crack down. The elephant ivory trade is alive and well on Craigslist, advocates say 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Supporters got to air their concerns at a legislative hearing Thursday that featured talk of grandma’s piano, the slaughter and near extinction of African elephants, and terrorism. Proposed ban on ivory sale links old pianos, terrorism 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Woolly mammoths, which were about as big as modern African elephants, sported long curved tusks and thick hairy coats. New DNA codes for mammoths: Step toward bringing them back? 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Since the African elephant genome is 99 percent similar to mammoth DNA, researchers were able to use it as a guide for assembling the damaged scraps of mammoth DNA. The last days of the mammoths were sad and inbred 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z In 10 years, there won't be any African elephants, at this rate. Author Jodi Picoult on balance, exercise, kids and elephants 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z African elephant populations are carefully watched by U.S. and United Nations officials after being reduced by more than half in the past 30 years. This hunter wants an endangered rhino’s head as a trophy. Looks like he’ll get it. 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z She told the Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee that permitting any sales of the materials will encourage an international market that is funding terrorist groups and leading to the likely extinction of African elephants. Proposed ban on ivory sale links old pianos, terrorism 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Over 20,000 African elephants were killed for ivory in 2013, a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species monitoring program showed, leaving a population believed to be around 500,000. Britain's Prince William calls for end to ivory trade on China visit 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Even the most recent samples were highly degraded after thousands of years in the permafrost, so researchers compared the samples to existing genomes from African elephants. The last days of the mammoths were sad and inbred 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z But if he mentions this, or tackles his hosts on the Chinese demand for ivory which is feeding the slaughter of African elephants, at least he will be fighting a battle of his own choosing. The prince and the Party: Five elephants in the room 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z China bans ivory imports for a year: China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports amid criticism that its citizens’ huge appetite for ivory has fueled poaching that threatens the existence of African elephants. World Digest: Feb. 26, 2015 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z According to a report in the state-run Legal Evening News, an unnamed forestry official explained that the moratorium was implemented to let the authorities evaluate a ban’s effectiveness in protecting African elephants. China Bans Import of Ivory Carvings for One Year 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Asian and African elephants both have 56 chromosomes to the mammoth’s 58. Can scientists bring mammoths back to life? 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The agency issued Director’s Order 210, which aimed to narrow the scope of exemptions to the African elephant ivory ban and to beef up regulation of wildlife materials. Tiny bits of ivory hamper traveling musicians 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The African elephant is the Earth’s largest land animal. Texas safari club withdraws elephant hunt from auction 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z The show, developed in conjunction with the environmental non-governmental organization WildAid, depicts the Chinese basketball player Yao Ming meeting with wildlife conservationists to discuss the future of African elephants and rhinoceroses. Combating the African Wildlife Trade in China Thanks to a booming economy coupled with a legal system in China that encourages illegal ivory trade, the African elephant population is facing a severe crisis, according to a detailed new survey released Tuesday. Illegal ivory trade ‘out of control’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The Asian elephant is more closely related to the mammoth than the African elephant, and it should theoretically be an adequate surrogate mother for a cloned baby mammoth. Can scientists bring mammoths back to life? 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The outlook is bleak for the African elephant, and it’s even worse for tigers and rhinos. Tiny bits of ivory hamper traveling musicians 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z The organization calls the problem a potentially “silent extinction” due to a lack of public awareness, which revolves around African elephants, rhinos and gorillas, Mother Nature Network reports. Here's Why Wild Giraffes Are Potentially Facing Extinction 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The criticism grew after the death in August of the zoo’s only African elephant, Watoto. Scuffle at zoo board’s meeting on where to send elephants 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Douglas-Hamilton argued that a blanket ban might be the African elephants’ only hope of survival. Illegal ivory trade ‘out of control’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The zoo’s African elephant, Watoto, on display for more than four decades, was euthanized in August after Seattle zookeepers found her collapsed and unable to rise in an outdoor exhibit yard. Woodland Park Zoo getting rid of its elephants 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Gordon was a middleman in the grisly supply chain of African elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn who took advantage of a poorly guarded U.S. port. Overwhelmed U.S. port inspectors unable to keep up with illegal wildlife trade Zoo officials say they do not know whether the 45-year-old African elephant lay down or fell. Editorial: Learn from the death of zoo elephant Watoto, move remaining elephants 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Chad used to be known for its free-roaming herds of African elephants, but in a frenzy of poaching some 4,000 elephants were killed in 10 years. The elephant that flew 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “It weighed as much as a dozen African elephants or more than seven T. rex,” said Drexel professor Kenneth Lacovara, PhD, who discovered the remarkably complete fossil skeleton in southern Patagonia. Dreadnoughtus, The Huge Dinosaur Species That Scoffed At T-Rex 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Instead, she suffered in four decades of captivity without ever laying eyes on another African elephant. Guest: Mayor Ed Murray, City Council should protect Woodland Park Zoo elephants 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z African elephant populations have been reduced by more than half in the past 30 years; nearly the entire black rhino population has disappeared since the middle of the 20th century. Overwhelmed U.S. port inspectors unable to keep up with illegal wildlife trade The federal rules include banning all commercial imports of African elephant ivory regardless of age. States are eyeing stiffer ivory laws amid a surge in elephant poaching 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z When zookeepers reported for work Friday morning, they discovered the 45-year-old African elephant lying in her yard, unable to raise herself to an upright position. Editorial: Watoto’s death a wake-up call for city, Woodland Park Zoo 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Woodland Park Zoo’s African elephant, Watoto, on display for more than four decades, was euthanized Friday morning after Seattle zookeepers found her collapsed and unable to rise in an outdoor exhibit yard. Death of elephant at Seattle zoo mourned, revives debate 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z More than 100,000 African elephants were killed for their tusks during a three-year period, reflecting persistent demand for illegal ivory that threatens the pachyderms' long-term survival, a conservation study reported this week. Thriving black-market for ivory drives slaughter of African elephants 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z To save the African elephant, we must ban all ivory sales for a decade or more. These are The Best Ideas of the Day 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would suspend all imports of sport-hunted African elephant trophies from Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The NRA is protecting your right to hunt elephants 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “The functions of these genes are not well known, but they are likely important for the living environment of African elephants,” said Dr Yoshito Niimura, who led the research, published in Genome Research. Bigger Nose, Better Smell 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z And African elephants use their sharp sense of smell to deal with humans, too. New study finds that elephants evolved the most discerning nose of any mammal The dynamics recorded at the closely monitored sites were then extrapolated across African elephant populations, the scientists reported. Thriving black-market for ivory drives slaughter of African elephants 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z T. rex is as big as the largest known African elephant, and Brachiosaurus, like other great sauropods, was much larger than any land animal alive today. Dinosaur Bones Show They Grew Quickly 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z "Although half a world away, China holds the key to the future of the African elephant." Price of ivory in China triples 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Long thought to be one species, African elephants probably belong to two. Elizabeth Kolbert: How Terrorism Is Threatening African Elephants 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The findings, published in the Journal of Mammalogy, floored scientists, who said the only visible link between an African elephant and the diminutive shrew is its trunk-like nose. Newly Discovered Mouse-like Mammal Is Closely Related to Elephants 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The six groups include: South American knife fishes, African electric catfish, African elephant fish, stargazers, some skates and some rays. Warning, high voltage: scientists solve mysteries of electric fish 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z African elephants are the world's largest land mammals and live up to 70 years on average in the wild. First African elephant born in North America has died -zoo 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z More than 20,000 African elephants were poached in 2013, according to a report from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. U.S. using trade agreement negotiations to fight poaching 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Joy was due to live with four other female African elephants in an exhibit designed for aging animals, giving her more opportunities for social contact. Aging SC elephant dies during move to Colo. zoo 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z “Asian elephants are closer to mammoths than either is to African elephants, yet quite different in appearance and temperature range,” notes Harvard geneticist and technology developer George Church. Can woolly mammoths be brought back from extinction? 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z "Asian elephants are closer to mammoths than either is to African elephants, yet quite different in appearance and temperature range," notes Harvard geneticist and technology developer George Church. Fact or Fiction?: Mammoths Can Be Brought Back from Extinction 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Scott Brierley, 23, said he found a photo of African elephant Latabe on his phone after it was returned to him by keepers at West Midlands Safari Park, near Bewdley in Worcestershire. Safari park elephant 'takes selfie' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The criminal networks – and others – operating throughout the ivory trade chain are now responsible for the death of more than 35,000 African elephants per year, or about 96 each day. End the U.S. Ivory Trade to Stop Elephant Poaching 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Based on its thigh bones, the dinosaur was 130 feet long and 65 feet tall, and at 85 tons, it was the weight of 14 African elephants. 'Biggest Dinosaur Ever' Unearthed in Argentina 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Musical instruments, museum items and “certain other items not intended for sale” that are made of African elephant ivory will be allowed to move internationally, but not sold, the Obama administration announced Thursday. Obama Admin Allows Ivory Ban Exemption for Musicians 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z But with demand for ivory so strong in East Asia, will this latest move be able to help save African elephants? Hong Kong burns Ivory stockpile 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The Obama administration is also planning to implement additional rules that will prohibit, with narrow exceptions, both the export of African elephant ivory and its unfettered trade within the United States. Op-Ed Contributors: The Wrong Way to Protect Elephants 2014-03-26T19:51:12Z This is according to a study in which researchers played voice recordings to wild African elephants. Elephants recognise human voices 2014-03-10T23:40:14Z On 11 February, the United States also announced a domestic ban on selling African elephant ivory. Seven days: 14–20 February 2014 2014-02-19T18:50:15.860Z Much like safari-goers who luck into an encounter with a rare African elephant, they may happen to stumble upon a view of an elusive athlete, speeding by at 80 miles per hour. Watching Sliding Sports Live? The Athletes Wish You Luck 2014-02-18T00:52:15Z It shows an African elephant decomposing in the desert, its tusks removed - presumably by hunters. Storm 'havoc' but 'mortgage joy' - front pages 2014-02-12T23:46:52Z In short, these new rules proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service may well end up doing more harm than good to the African elephant. Op-Ed Contributors: The Wrong Way to Protect Elephants 2014-03-26T19:51:12Z Even though international commercial trade in ivory has been outlawed since 1989, poachers continue to kill African elephants for their tusks—one every 15 minutes. Feds Crush 6 Tons of Ivory to Save Elephants 2014-02-12T12:00:00Z The bonfire near Nairobi was the prelude to a global ban on trade in ivory, a collapse in demand and a lull in poaching that gave the African elephant population time to recover. The ivory trade: Up in smoke 2014-02-06T16:01:14Z In September a partnership under the Clinton Global Initiative committed $80 million to protect African elephants. Can We Avert the End of Elephants? 2013-12-12T17:45:03.468Z I’m haunted by that example when I think of African elephants and what can happen when greed and indifference take hold in the world. Why the U.S. Destroyed Its Ivory Stockpile 2013-11-19T20:15:00.597Z The keys on those pianos were all fashioned from the ivory of African elephants. Op-Ed Contributors: The Wrong Way to Protect Elephants 2014-03-26T19:51:12Z Most of the illegal ivory comes from poaching of the African elephant, and a lesser amount from its smaller Asian cousin. U.S. officials crush 6 tons of ivory in bid to end illegal trade 2013-11-15T02:48:21Z The illegal trade in ivory threatens the very existence of the African elephant, the largest land animal on Earth, experts have warned. US crushes tons of illegal ivory 2013-11-15T00:50:24Z This picture of a baby African elephant won Bjorn Olsson the BT Citizen Photographer of the Year award which marks the role that members of the public play in contributing to news stories. In pictures: Picture Editor Awards 2013 2013-11-05T04:03:41Z African elephants live in close-knit groups led by a matriarch African elephants' decision-making abilities are left impaired by culling operations that ended decades ago, University of Sussex research suggests. Elephant cull effects 'last decades' 2013-11-01T00:07:49Z The director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recently issued an order prohibiting the commercial importation of all African elephant ivory into the United States. Op-Ed Contributors: The Wrong Way to Protect Elephants 2014-03-26T19:51:12Z For elephants are not short of sympathisers and half a million people in 15 cities across the globe will be marching to draw attention to the plight of the African elephant this October. Letter from Africa: Elephants' end? 2013-10-03T00:58:02Z Rising prices for ivory have provoked a skyrocketing level of poaching for African elephants in the wild, resulting in an unprecedented threat to the survival of the species. Why Elephant Poachers Love the Federal Budget Sequester 2013-09-06T15:15:35.687Z Hey honey, what do you think about a forward genetic screen in African elephants? Two-body blessing 2013-09-04T17:20:40.023Z Poachers seem far less likely to target Arctic mammoths than African elephants. George Church: De-Extinction Is a Good Idea 2013-08-26T10:45:00.623Z Leaving Mr. Treuhaft’s piano in Japan will not save African elephants. Op-Ed Contributors: The Wrong Way to Protect Elephants 2014-03-26T19:51:12Z “The only way to save the African elephant, conservationists say, is to outlaw the sale of ivory entirely.” IHT Rendezvous: Sending a Signal, Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock 2013-06-19T05:00:38Z The United Nations Environment Programme said this year that more African elephants are being illegally slaughtered for their ivory than are being born each year. Chad arrests suspected member of elephant slaughter gang 2013-06-18T12:57:11Z Poachers slaughter 30,000 African elephants every year for their ivory—the highest kill rate since the 1980s. Why Efforts to Bring Extinct Species Back from the Dead Miss the Point 2013-05-27T11:15:00.367Z Eight conservation organizations working in the Congo Basin met in Brazzaville to propose ways for governments to tackle the rampant poaching, which claims an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 African elephants each year. Elephant poaching on rise in chaos-hit Central African Republic 2013-04-26T10:04:53Z To put it another way, it would be like standing on a belt sander, with an adolescent African elephant on your back. The Physics of Fred Flintstone s Flaming Feet 2013-04-22T17:15:02.593Z The growth in the global ivory trade has had a devastating impact on the African elephant population. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z Delegates accepted proposals to increase the forensic analysis of seized ivory to fight poaching of African elephants, but rejected enhanced protections for polar bears. Seven days: 15–21 March 2013 2013-03-20T18:20:19.293Z In this way, mammoths were similar to modern African elephants, though evolutionarily they’re more closely related to the forest-dwelling Asian elephants. Cloning woolly mammoths: it's the ecology, stupid 2013-03-18T16:15:31.110Z "Increasing poaching levels, as well as loss of habitat are threatening the survival of African elephant populations in central Africa as well as previously secure populations in west, southern and eastern Africa," the report said. Organized Crime behind Alarming Africa Elephant Slaughter 2013-03-07T11:45:04.383Z Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA Google is helping to fuel a dramatic surge in ivory demand in Asia that is killing African elephants at record levels, a conservation group claimed on Tuesday. Google shopping adverts fuel ivory trade, conservation group warns 2013-03-05T11:13:23Z About 70% per cent of the ivory from slaughtered African elephants goes to China, another of the countries warned by Cites. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z Critics charge that criminals exploit the laws that allow this trade to launder illegal ivory from African elephants. Ban Elephant Ivory, Legalize Rhino Horn? 2013-03-02T19:45:00.207Z The largest of these, the Columbian mammoth, dwelled in savannas and grasslands like African elephants today, and the smallest—Pygmy Mammoths—lived on the isolated Channel Islands off the California coast. Cloning woolly mammoths: it's the ecology, stupid 2013-03-18T16:15:31.110Z Researchers estimate that tens of thousands of African elephants are now being killed by poachers each year, from a total wild population of around 400,000. Tusk tracking will tackle illegal trade 2013-02-27T18:20:29.393Z "The biggest threat to African elephants and other wildlife is the human population increase outside all such parks," said Dr Roskaft. Elephants 'try to avoid' humans 2013-02-06T03:54:47Z The largest study to date tracking the impact of poaching on African elephant populations determines that the animals are more likely to die by human hands than of natural causes. Top Stories of the Week 2013-01-18T23:05:00Z Scientists estimate that tens of thousands of African elephants are being slaughtered each year, more than at any time in decades, to meet the rising demand for ivory in Asia’s rapidly growing economies. | Africa: Kenya: Study Details Poachers’ Toll 2013-01-18T06:39:28Z Poachers with machetes hacked off the tusks of 11 African elephants on Jan. 5 in a Kenyan reserve, passing over a baby that was crushed by its mother after a gunshot felled her. Thailand may face heat over ivory trade business at endangered species conference 2013-01-17T02:23:00Z It provides a base "for modeling the potential impacts of increased poaching" on other African elephant populations, which are also suffering from illegal killing. The Elephant Killing Fields 2013-01-16T22:10:00Z A previous study, for example, showed African elephants became stressed even before raiding farmers' fields for crops. Elephants 'try to avoid' humans 2013-02-06T03:54:47Z Scientists say that at this rate, African elephants could soon go the way of the wild American bison. To Save Wildlife, and Tourism, Kenyans Take Up Arms 2012-12-29T19:10:23Z African elephants also use their ears to shed heat, whereas to do similar. The secret lives of giants 2012-12-26T00:41:13Z African elephant researchers are not surprised by the results. Relocating Elephants Backfires 2012-12-07T22:00:00Z More closely related to the extinct woolly mammoth than to the African elephant, they eat vegetation, fruit, twigs, small branches, bark and roots. Elephant 'trunk art' sells online 2012-11-26T12:21:04Z In Dubai, illegal ivory from more than 100 poached African elephants was recovered, as an estimated 60,000 elephants per year are being slaughtered, most of that ivory allegedly “destined for China.” Food For Thought 2012-11-15T20:39:36Z Previously, Dr. Stoeger and her colleagues discovered an African elephant that imitates the sound of truck engines and another African elephant that imitates the sounds of the Asian elephants that it grew up near. Observatory: Surrounded by Humans, Elephant in South Korea Learns to ‘Speak’ 2012-11-03T00:57:18Z Those forty-five were really one group of seventeen Asian elephants and a second group of twenty-eight African elephants. The WEIRD Psychology of Elephants 2012-09-28T17:15:17.447Z In 1989, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species passed a moratorium on the international commercial trade of African elephant ivory, except under a few rare circumstances. Africa’s Elephants Are Being Slaughtered in Poaching Frenzy 2012-09-04T02:48:18Z "The maternal reaction to her dead offspring was not as prolonged as that shown by African elephants," Prof Bercovitch writes in the journal. Curious incident of a dead giraffe 2012-08-21T06:21:54Z In a statement on its website, Schoenbrunn Zoo says the aim is to expand the gene pool of African elephants in captivity, to help ensure their survival. Elephant grows from frozen sperm 2012-08-14T15:57:03Z Current figures represent a mere fraction of the estimated African elephant population in the 1930s: 3 to 5 million, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Is it time to ban ivory for good? 2012-07-23T14:07:00Z But in reality, they were ivory made from tusks of Asian and African elephants killed by poachers. Illegal Ivory Leads 2 to Plead Guilty in New York 2012-07-12T17:24:03Z Foreigners have been decimating African elephants for generations. Africa’s Elephants Are Being Slaughtered in Poaching Frenzy 2012-09-04T02:48:18Z The African elephant population is in serious trouble. Ivory Bonfire Highlights Elephant Poaching in Africa 2012-07-02T16:36:08Z She collaborated with researchers and zoos around the world to study 15 female Asian elephants and two female African elephants over a 5-year period. The Elephant in the Womb 2012-06-20T00:01:00Z In 2011, video surfaced of founder Bob Parsons killing an African elephant, part of a regular series of expeditions he says help protect farmers’ crops from rampaging pachyderms. The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy 2012-05-24T22:06:34Z In 2008, six people were charged by federal prosecutors with smuggling multiple shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars of African elephant ivory past customs agents at Kennedy International Airport in elaborately disguised packages. Illegal Ivory Leads 2 to Plead Guilty in New York 2012-07-12T17:24:03Z African elephants are known to avoid acacia trees occupied by honey bees, so villagers in the south of the country are now constructing lines of beehives spaced around fields. Elephants Now Think Twice About Midnight Snacks in Tanzania 2012-04-16T02:31:07Z These African elephants may be roaming around happily, but the ivory in their tusks is in big demand - and poachers will kill the animals to get it. Pictures: The illegal trade in elephant ivory 2012-04-12T15:31:39Z This threatens to return African elephants to the crisis times of the 1970s and 1980s, when poaching was rampant and extinction loomed for many populations. Poaching: Black ivory 2012-03-08T16:00:34Z In that early age, when it first became known to the Egyptians, the African elephant must still have existed there. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z A 2009 report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare estimated that poachers were killing more than 100 African elephants daily. Elephant Week: Poaching and Ivory Smuggling at Record Highs in 2011 2012-01-03T23:45:06.367Z Mr. Milliken said that most of the illegal shipments of African elephant ivory end up in China or Thailand. Green Blog: A Boom Year for Illicit Elephant Ivory 2012-01-01T15:01:36Z In a separate study, the number of large scale ivory seizures is likely set a record this year, pointing to increased African elephant poaching. African rhino poaching hits record on Asian demand 2011-12-30T09:41:47Z A global ban that was placed on the ivory trade in 1989 was widely credited with stemming a relentless slaughter of African elephants in countries such as Kenya. Record number of ivory seizures in 2011: WWF 2011-12-29T10:23:21Z For African elephants, it is 100 percent effective. The Elephant in the Room: How Contraception Could Save Future Elephants from Culling 2011-12-22T11:15:05.223Z Most illegal shipments of African elephant ivory end up in either China or Thailand.” Elephant Week: Poaching and Ivory Smuggling at Record Highs in 2011 2012-01-03T23:45:06.367Z A wildlife protection group reports that Malaysia, where hundreds of African elephant tusks were seized this week, is becoming a transit point for illegal ivory that is being sold in markets around Asia. Green Blog: Malaysia Emerging as Transit Point for Ivory Smuggling 2011-12-15T18:11:51Z Desceliers appears to have known the difference between Asian and African elephants. The White Elephant of Rucheni 2011-11-22T18:45:02.247Z As for the size of the mastodon, this, like that of the mammoth, is popularly much over-estimated, and it is more than doubtful if any attained the height of a full-grown African elephant. Animals of the Past 2011-11-16T03:00:27.497Z Is it an African elephant, weighing in at, say, 15,000 pounds, or is it the more diminutive Asian elephant, tipping the scales at a more manageable 10,000 pounds? Elephant Illustrates Important Point 2011-11-07T14:45:00.237Z There was a wide range of species in the study, from the mouse opossum to the African elephant. Green Blog: Candid Camera for Mammals at Risk 2011-08-19T11:26:33Z The law was intended to protect African elephants from the high global demand for ivory, which led to devastating and widespread poaching, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, officials said. Officials seize one ton of smuggled elephant ivory 2011-07-26T20:55:02Z Conservationists consider the illegal ivory trade a major threat to the African elephant population. Feds: Philadelphia art shop-owner smuggled 1 ton of banned African elephant ivory 2011-07-26T17:15:02Z Trade in the ivory of African elephants is illegal under the 1975 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, better known as Cites. City Room: Art Dealer Charged With Smuggling Ivory Into U.S. 2011-07-26T18:39:39Z You might get away with this stunt using an Asian elephant, but I’d stay away from trying to get an African elephant onto a pencil, especially a bull African elephant. Elephant Illustrates Important Point 2011-11-07T14:45:00.237Z At that time an African elephant was a great novelty, both in Europe and in America. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Importing, buying or selling African elephant ivory brought into the United States after 1989 is illegal unless the items are more than 100 years old. Officials seize one ton of smuggled elephant ivory 2011-07-26T20:55:02Z The African elephant is undoubtedly distinct, and the female has large, well-developed tusks, though not so large as those of the male. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Like the tusks of hundreds of threatened African elephants. City Room: Art Dealer Charged With Smuggling Ivory Into U.S. 2011-07-26T18:39:39Z If it was going to require the weight of an adult African elephant balanced on the pencil, I doubt the baby elephant, at about 230 pounds, has enough heft. Elephant Illustrates Important Point 2011-11-07T14:45:00.237Z I sold these elephants to America, where they excited great interest, as they were the first African elephants that had ever been seen in that country.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z African elephants are listed as a threatened species under the U.S. Officials seize one ton of smuggled elephant ivory 2011-07-26T20:55:02Z Sir S. Baker repeatedly observed that the African elephant and rhinoceros attacked with special fury white or grey horses. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z It is true that deep down we are all creatures of sentiment and like the African elephant we are prone to revisit geographical settings that sit heavily in our memories like the weight of rivers. Cultural landmark 2011-06-14T12:14:29Z It hardly seems possible that is could be close kin to the 10,000-pound, trunk-swinging African elephant or the aquatic manatee. Remarkable Creatures: A Lesson of Genealogy: Looks Can Be Deceiving 2011-05-23T21:43:17Z The African elephants are just as clever, just as gentle, just as intelligent as the Asiatic elephants. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z For example, if you compared the ear of an extinct woolly mammoth with that of an African elephant, you would see that an elephant's ear is much bigger! For the Birds: Best-Adapted Beaks 2011-05-13T11:45:00.257Z Ivory from African elephants is typically smuggled to Asia where it is carved into ornaments, while rhino horn is used in traditional Chinese medicines. Kenyan police nab 1.5 tonnes of ivory at airport 2011-05-06T14:25:07Z Ivory from African elephants is smuggled to Asia and carved into ornaments, and rhino horn is sent for use in traditional Chinese medicines. Kenya arrests Chinese man with 96 kilograms of ivory 2011-04-29T14:42:19Z |
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