When elephants leave Kruger National Park, they are sometimes killed and their meat is shared with nearby communities. This policy may have unintended consequences.
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Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.
When wild animals survive the initial trauma, blood loss and infection risk without medical help, it’s astonishing that they can adapt to life with three limbs.
Courts already grapple with the consequences of AI sentience but ignore the same for animals.
A new study reveals the major players and routes involved.
African elephants stay in touch over large distances. We found out how.
Crop raiding is happening more often in the Masai Mara, in different places and at different times of the year.
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Is Botswana allowing the hunting of elephants a good or a bad thing? Two academics weigh in.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has made two big decisions related to the conservation of the African elephant.
In Gabon’s Lopé National Park, between 1986 and 2018, there’s been a massive collapse in tree fruiting events.
Happy has lived alone in captivity for 14 years, but a New York appeals court recently denied a legal effort to rehome her.
Scientists have worked out a new way to scan beneath the ground for footprints – and it’s revealing traces of an ancient world.
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
Translocations have become more frequent in Africa. Elephants are the biggest animals to be moved.
If the allegations are true Zimbabwe intends to prosecute Grace Mugabe for ivory and rhino horn smuggling.
Africa’s famous animal migrations are increasingly blocked by fences, erected by farmers to keep their livestock safe from disease. But a new approach aims to deliver healthy beef and healthy wildlife.
The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items.
Elephants feeding on crops poses a challenge to their coexistence with humans. Farmers must introduce strategies to reduce losses and avoid lethal action against the endangered species.
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Professor of Conservation Science, University of Newcastle
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Fellow, Zoological Society of London
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Principal and Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Stirling
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Postdoc, James Cook University
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Senior lecturer PhD, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, The Open University
