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Pupy the elephant heads to a vast Brazilian sanctuary after 30 years in an Argentine zoo
An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina's lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours.
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Genetic study in Cambodia provides clues to saving endangered elephants
The study by conservation group Fauna & Flora and researchers from Cambodia and Scotland estimated there are 51 Asian ...
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Wild elephants get a lot less sleep than you do
A two-day-old baby Asian elephant gets an early start on a life of plant eating. Credit: SEAN GALLUP/Getty Images The team next hopes to study male African elephants in the wild. Unlike ...
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Nepali farmers switch crops to reduce human-elephant conflict
By Mongabay.com A village on Nepal’s border with India has found a way to reduce conflicts with wild Asian elephants in ...
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Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Asian elephants in modern zoo facilities suffer from infertility and lose their calves to stillbirth and infanticides almost twice as often as elephants in semi-wild conditions. Such problems ...
Beloved wild elephant injured in fight with rival — then came drug-filled bananas
His name is Plai Sarika, a wild male elephant that wanders the forest and defends his territory. Then, a newcomer arrived.
Elephant diplomacy: A new zoo sanctuary is strengthening Australia's ties to this country
The herd found a new home at The Elephant Trail, part of the zoo's newly opened $88 million elephant sanctuary. What visitors ...
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Cincinnati Zoo unveils new Asian wildlife exhibit in final phase of Elephant Trek
Visitors will have the chance to explore an all-new area featuring Asian small-clawed otters, Siamang gibbons, and rhinoceros hornbills. "We opened the main part of Elephant Trek in October ...