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Comment le changement climatique menace l’alimentation des éléphants dans les savanes d’Afrique de l’Ouest

Comment le changement climatique menace l’alimentation des éléphants dans les savanes d’Afrique de l’Ouest: Dans les savanes protégées de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, les éléphants dépendent fortement d’arbres et d’arbustes pour se nourrir, surtout en saison sèche. L’écosystème WAPOK (W-Arly-Pendjari-Oti-Mandouri-Keran), une vaste zone d’aires protégées qui s’étend sur quatre pays – Bénin, Burkina Faso, Niger et …

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Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study

Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study: Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades. Systematic surveying started in the late 1960s but has been sporadic, as access to remote areas takes …

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From enormous elephants to tiny shrews: how mammals shape and are shaped by Africa’s landscapes

From enormous elephants to tiny shrews: how mammals shape and are shaped by Africa’s landscapes: Africa is the world’s most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes, zebras and elephants. The heaviest of these large mammals top the scales at over one ton, and are referred to as megafauna. In fact, it’s the only …

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When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries

When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries: An Indonesian military honour guard marks the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung in 2015. Achmad Ibrahim /AFP via Getty Images An African proverb notes that “when two elephants fight, it is the grass underneath that suffers”. Many …

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Cool Hiking Elephant’s Eye, Silvermine, Cape Town image

A nice Cape Town image: Hiking Elephant’s Eye, Silvermine, Cape Town Image by jbdodane Taken on 28 February 2016 in South Africa near Cape Town (Elephant’s Eye, Silvermine, Cape Town, South Africa) (20160228-IMG_20160228_093807280) Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Visiting …

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Cool Herd of Elephants image

A cool Port Elizabeth image: Herd of Elephants Image by Dr.seshagirirao_vandana-MBBS Herd of Elephants–December 9, 1996 North of Port Elizabeth, South Africa Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?

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We discovered how the largest dinosaurs walked – and it was more like rhinos than elephants

We discovered how the largest dinosaurs walked – and it was more like rhinos than elephants: Kostiantyn Ivanyshen/shutterstock While our knowledge of dinosaurs and other extinct animals has dramatically increased during the last couple of decades, their gaits – the order and timing of how animals move their legs – have remained a blind spot. …

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A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants

A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants: African forest elephants. GUDKOV ANDREY/Shutterstock Across the African continent the populations of both species of African elephants – forest and savanna – have been declining due to habitat loss, poaching and human-wildlife conflict. Forest elephants are listed by the International Union …

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Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research

Early trauma affects an elephant’s ability to assess threat from lions – new research: It’s not only humans who suffer from the long-term effects of childhood trauma. In our latest research we discovered that there appears to be a very real and lasting impact on elephants who experienced trauma and profound social disruption many decades …

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From Chad’s elephants to Uganda’s shoebills: planning a trip to support tourism recovery in Africa

From Chad’s elephants to Uganda’s shoebills: planning a trip to support tourism recovery in Africa: Lydia Balidawa poses for a photo with a rehabilitated grey crowned crane at Uganda’s Pian Upe Game Reserve. Alex Braczkowski Since the start of the COVID pandemic, reductions in travel to Africa have wiped an estimated US$ 170-253 billion from …

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Climate change: how elephants help pump planet-warming carbon underground

Climate change: how elephants help pump planet-warming carbon underground: Hansen.Matthew.D/Shutterstock Imagine you’re in a hot air balloon flying over an African savanna in the late growing season. Below, herds of elephants, zebras, wildebeests and rhinos roam a mosaic landscape dotted with lonesome trees and daubs of woodland on a canvas of yellow-brown grass. The hungry …

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Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen

Rewilding: conservationists want to let elephants loose in Europe – here’s what could happen: Large herbivores like elephants used to roam wide swathes of Europe and Asia. Heather Wall, Author provided Imagine driving through a lush, green landscape in France or Germany and spotting a herd of elephants roaming freely. As absurd as that might …

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Mali’s elephants show how people and nature can share space in a complex world

Mali’s elephants show how people and nature can share space in a complex world: A herd of elephants in Mali. Carlton Ward Jr The challenge of conserving wildlife while meeting the many needs of humans is a complex one. Some policymakers don’t see how economies can grow while still making space for wildlife. Others understand …

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Fossil tracks and trunk marks reveal signs of ancient elephants on South Africa’s coast

Fossil tracks and trunk marks reveal signs of ancient elephants on South Africa’s coast: New fossil evidence reveals more about how African bush elephants' ancient ancestors moved about a South African landscape. Gunter Nuyts/Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast looked very different. Some of the species that roamed this …

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