Life
Werner Herzog searches for ghost elephants in stunning new documentary
A film about the quest for “ghost elephants” is as much about not knowing and asking the right questions as about exploration, finds Davide Abbatescianni
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Humans
Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago
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Life
Quick test reveals illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth tusks
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Life
Camera trap spots endangered elephant mother and calf on the move
Regulars
Life
Wild African elephants may have domesticated themselves
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Life
Elephant’s trunk may be one of most sensitive body parts of any animal
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Life
Young male elephants rein in aggression if older males are nearby
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Life
Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary you will
Features
Life
57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics
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Life
Prehistoric elephant nursery probably made easy prey for Neanderthals
Fossil footprints reveal that the extinct straight-tusked elephant raised its young with groups of adult females and no adult males, just as modern elephants do – and that they were probably hunted by Neanderthals
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Life
Elephant trunks suck up water at speeds of 540 kilometres per hour
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Environment
Ivory Coast’s elephant populations are now in catastrophic decline
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Life
There is an answer to the world’s deadliest human-elephant conflict
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Environment
African elephant poaching is falling at last – but it’s still too high
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