It was a protective circle that became an instant hit. Taught folks a bit about elephant behavior, sure. But also taught people that they could take a lesson from elephants. Video from the San Diego ...
UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences' Shermin de Silva has spent the majority of her scientific career studying elephants. An assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Behavior and ...
Elephants are considered a sacred totem by many in northwestern Zimbabwe, but they also frequently raid villagers’ crops near harvest time, says Agripa Ngorima, who has studied attitudes toward ...
When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, ...
I woke up in the research tower to a soft exhale and then a trickle of water at the waterhole below. The full moon hung low and dim in the west. I squinted at my watch. It was 4 A.M. I wondered which ...
While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these animals live freely. Instead, zoos relocate ...
FRANCIOTTI EXPLAINS. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE IN THE WILD AND THE IMPORTANCE AND THE PARALLELS THAT WE SEE IN OUR ELEPHANTS HERE. STAFF AT THE MARYLAND ZOO IN BALTIMORE ARE LEARNING ...
The African wild dogs were magnificent as they raced all over the Botswana plains searching for prey. We had been looking for these exquisite dogs for hours, and we were delighted when they suddenly ...