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Wild animal species respond very differently to human development, and as a result, they use ecological corridors in agricultural and urban areas in distinct ways. This emerges from research in ...

Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but a recent study suggests early humans were butchering them for survival nearly 2 million years ago. A group of international researchers found ...

Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you measure it. As humanity leaves its mark on more of the African savanna, we are increasingly stepping on the toes of wild ...

A dramatic video showing an elephant apparently rescuing a person from raging floodwaters has gone viral on social media, ...

ELEPHANTS are not fazed by dynamite explosions, but change their behaviour significantly to avoid humans. That is the finding of a major study of how forest elephants deal with oil exploration in ...

From holding a grudge to recognising individual names, an elephant advocate reflects on the remarkable intelligence and ...

Massive international investment in large-scale infrastructure projects in southern Asia will increase human-elephant conflict and cause more deaths on both sides unless much greater care is taken.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

You'd think elephants would be getting cancer left and right: They are giants of the animal kingdom and have trillions more cells than humans -- cells that, in theory, could turn into cancer over ...

A herd of wild elephants walk through the savanna of Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, East Africa© MPH Photos/Shutterstock.com Elephants have been targeted for financial gain for decades. Both ...