In large ecosystems, managing elephant populations so they don't exceed a certain threshold number is arbitrary.
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Melting Siberian permafrost is exposing long-dead mammoths, creating a new trade in mammoth ivory.
As the ultimate custodians, it is urgent that African countries with elephants take
ownership of the processes at CITES.
A new study shows these elephants boost the carbon stored in their forests by 7%.
A shift in climate, along with other environmental disruptions and the invasion of competitors and new predators all likely played an important role in reshaping ancient elephants' brains.
Poaching of African elephants has fallen, but the species is still at risk. Law enforcement and ivory bans help, but tackling poverty is key to stopping poaching at the source.
Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world's most loved species?
Polar bears 'invading' a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere.
At an international summit in Egypt this month, nations will hopefully make progress towards recognising the economic value of wildlife and other environmental assets.
Understanding stories – those of the murderous as well as of the compassionate – is vital to generating the critical mass necessary to save natural environments and their multiple denizens.
As the Maasai people of Kenya seek to expand their agricultural developments, the lives of one of Africa's greatest creatures are being severely disrupted.
Conflict between people and animals has been on the increase in Tsavo, Kenya.
A growing body of evidence points to how animals are aware of death, can experience grief and will sometimes mourn for or ritualize their dead.
There is indeed merit to using beehives to keep elephants from eating and destroying crops.
Cells that transmit nerve impulses in the part of elephants' brains responsible for functions such as learning and memory are structured differently from those of any other mammal.
Botswana is launching a consultative process to review the current ban on elephant hunting.
'Molecular fossils' in the DNA of elephants could help explain why their testicles are inside their bodies.
The death penalty and military intervention to combat poaching, isn't the answer to saving endangered species.
Improving livelihoods by exploring alternatives to wildlife trade would help to curb the poaching of threatened species like elephants.
Wild animals are hard at work this spring. Here's how their hard labour benefits humans, and why we should be more appreciative.
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Independent Economist, University of Cape Town
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Senior Research Fellow Social-Ecological Systems & Resilience, Griffith University
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Fellow at The Safina Center, University of the Free State
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Lecturer, Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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PhD Student, University of St Andrews
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Professor, University of Stirling
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Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, The University of Queensland
