Elephants
Dung DNA reveals hidden population of endangered forest elephants, study finds
The species of elephant, important in helping rainforests to regenerate, is notoriously hard to assess since they are spread across remote, dense jungles in 22 African countries.
Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools
Ancient DNA Reveals Mastodons Were Shaped by Ice Age Climate Swings
Three new 7.7-million-year-old elephant skulls unearthed in Turkey
Mystery deaths of 275 elephants in Botswana under investigation
Poaching has been ruled out as the carcasses were found intact.
'The Elephant in the Sukkah’
The elephant is both inside and outside the sukkah. Which is similar to living with grief: You’re part of the world but at the same time, you’re not fully in it.
Israeli Nature and Parks Authority imposes new regulations on ivory
The NPA will prohibit all trade in ivory and products resembling ivory, such as mammoth ivory.
Knesset rejects domestic Israeli ban on ivory trade
The Knesset plenum rejected a bill on Wednesday that proposed a nationwide ban on the domestic trade of ivory products.
From Startup Nation to Digital Nomad
Bomb-sniffing elephants trained in South Africa
Could elephants be replacing dogs as go-to bomb-sniffer?
L’éléphant blanc de Tel-Aviv
La « nouvelle » gare routière centrale croupit dans un semi-abandon, avec un monde clandestin étrange, presque invisible, bourdonnant d’activité
My Word: Elephants of war
Like the pachyderms in the Ramat Gan Safari, we have thick skins, long memories and the overwhelming instinct as a herd to protect our young.
Baby elephant stomps its way into Ramat Gan Safari
New-born Asian calf stands with its mother and grandmother, marking three-generations of elephants at the safari.
A truly exceptional woman
From her job in the ’50s sitting atop an elephant and looking pretty to teaching gym classes today, Gisela Truman-Robbins is still full of energy.
