Today, August 12th, is the inaugural World Elephant Day. The escalation of poaching, habitat loss, human-elephant conflict and mistreatment in captivity are just some of the threats to both African and Asian elephants. Working towards better protection…
Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted that “some of us had to change our pants” after an elephant charged a vehicle he was in while on safari in South Africa. Schwarzenegger posted a video…
An elephant marched hundreds of kilometres and briefly crossed into Somalia this month marking the first time the animal has been seen in the country in 20 years, conservationists said Wednesday. Morgan, a male bull…
Britain’s Prince Harry has already confronted three poachers in South Africa. The 30-year-old heir to the throne arrived at Kruger Park game reserve last week and has joined the war on criminals for the government’s…
“There’s a quarter of a million dollars of rhino horn walking around Ol Pejeta,” says Malcom Brew, chief technology officer for Mawingu Networks, which provides Internet access to nearby Nanyuki, Kenya shared with Microsoft News….
Scientists can now match DNA from elephant dung to DNA extracted from ivory to track down the source of large, illegal shipments of tusks and trinkets across borders, researchers say. Experts hope the methods will…
