On Saturday night, an elephant hit by a bus died. The bus was driving on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway when it struck the elephant crossing the road. The elephant was crossing the road from Tsavo West National Park into Tsavo East National Park. According to the eyewitnesses, the bus was Nairobi-bound and had passengers on board….
Scientists have determined that African elephants travel paths leading to their favorite food. They learned this by tracking their footprints through a high-resolution Garmin GPS combined with satellite imagery. After tracking various elephant paths, scientists have determined that elephant bulls and families walk in different paths leading them to the foods they love. African bull…
In a study published on Science Advances, they compared facial nucleus neurons in elephants. Scientists have found that African elephants have more facial nucleus neurons than Asian elephants. What does this mean? While African and Asian elephants differ in ears and trunk, they appear to differ in brains, as well. According to the study, African…
On Sunday, a video where a crocodile attacks a baby elephant went viral. The short video comes from India, where a herd of elephants was drinking water. Then out of nowhere, a crocodile jumps and attaches its sharp teeth to the baby elephant’s trunk. While all the other elephants run out of the way, the…
On Wednesday, experts got to witness a dramatic elephant rescue in Thailand. A baby elephant slipped into a manhole in central Thailand and could not get out. A resident discovered the elephant and alerted the authorities. When the authorities came to the site, they could not do anything because the mother was there. She was…
The court in Albany has to decide whether elephants have human rights and are unlawfully imprisoned. On Wednesday, New York Court of Appeals heard both sides of the argument from the Bronx Zoo and Nonhuman Rights Project. They have the hard decision to rule out whether or not habeas corpus applies to elephants such as…
In April, at the beginning of the trophy hunting season, the largest tusker elephant was killed in Botswana. Botswanan hunter Leon Kachelhoffer claims that he has killed this majestic beast, which only cost him 50,000 dollars. This has caused outrage among many animal activists and the former President of Botswana, Ian Khama. For ten years,…
In Thailand, an Asian elephant named Jumbo Chan Chao was beaten by his handler, Peerapat. On Monday, the elephant was getting ready to give a ride to tourists. The handler is seen behind another elephant while moving from one spot to another. Once in full view, he is seen beating the elephant on its head….
Covid-19 affected the whole world including orphaned elephants. During the worse of the pandemic, sanctuaries could not get baby formula. Elephant sanctuaries use the same formulas humans do as it provides the nutrition they need to thrive. Since sanctuaries such as Reteti could not get formula they needed they looked for a more dependable source….
There is a petition going on that wants to make sure that India does not legalize the elephant trade. On December 17, 2021, the Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill was being questioned in Parliament. Clause 27 of the bill is causing an outrage amounts elephant activists and lovers. Why? Because the parliament would like to legalize…
A Twitter video is going viral showcasing an elephant rescue using Archimedes’ Principle. What is this principle and how did it help an elephant in India? Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician and scientist. While he had many ideas and theories, one that he is notable for is the Archimedes’ Principle. In one of…
You’ll be glad to know that even elephant calves fight over snacks too, or in their case, mom’s milk. In an adorable video clip shared by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, Kenya, we get to see what happens when baby sister elephants wants more! In the thirty second video, the younger sister, Lexi, was not…