During the planet’s long history there have been several so-called “extinction events” when a large number species have perished.
[...] Now there is a growing consensus among scientists that a sixth extinction event has already begun with species disappearing at an unsurpassed rate.
It is possible that 1m species may not make it to the end of [...]
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A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) suggests that old female elephants—and perhaps their memories of distant, life-sustaining sources of food and water—may be the key to survival during the worst of times.
In particular, experienced elephant matriarchs seem to give their family groups an edge in the [...]
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African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989. But the public outcry that resulted in that ban is absent today, and a University of Washington conservation biologist contends it is because the public seems to be unaware of the [...]
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Protesters gathered in front of the Dallas Zoo this afternoon demanding the zoo move its lone elephant, Jenny, to a sanctuary rather than a zoo.
Concerned Citizens for Jenny organized the afternoon protest after zoo officials announced Jenny would be moved to the Africam Safari Park outside of Puebla, Mexico, in the fall.
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Worries over the future of Thailand’ s famous elephants have emerged following an investigation by a University of Manchester team.
Professor Rosaleen Duffy and Dr Lorraine Moore from the University’ s School of Social Sciences say many problems have endured since the ending of the logging trade which employed virtually all Thai elephants in 1989.
The ban [...]
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A baby elephant was born at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium at 5:30 this morning. The female baby and the 25-year-old mother, Moja, are healthy and bonding well, zoo officials said.
It’s the second successful birth of an elephant at the zoo this month. On July 9, Savannah, another 25-year-old African elephant, gave birth to [...]
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In studying how animals change size as they evolve, biologists have unearthed several interesting patterns. For instance, most species are small, but the largest members of a taxonomic group — such as the great white shark, the Komodo dragon, or the African elephant — are often thousands or millions of times bigger than the typical [...]
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Conservationists yesterday attacked a decision by the international community to allow China to buy stockpiles of elephant ivory saying it would lead to more elephants being killed in Africa.
A meeting of the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), in Geneva, agreed that China could bid for up to 108 tonnes of ivory, collected [...]
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The Dallas Zoo will move its lone elephant to a wildlife park in Mexico this fall, zoo officials announced Tuesday.
enny, the 31-year-old, 11,000-pound African elephant, will move to the Africam Safari Park, a 617-acre forested wildlife park 80 miles southeast of Mexico City, zoo officials said. She will share a 4.9-acre elephant exhibit with [...]
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A circus elephant escaped from its pen in the German state of Brandenburg overnight, police in Neurippen said on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old animal seemed to feel at home with traditional German cuisine, taking time out of his journey through the town of Neustadt to test out potato plants in a local garden. A resident noticed the [...]
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