Elephants

Dung DNA reveals hidden population of endangered forest elephants, study finds

The species of elephant, important in helping rainforests to regenerate, is notoriously hard to assess since they are spread across remote, dense jungles in 22 African countries.

 a wild forest elephant and calves bathe in the marshes of in Bayanga Equatorial Forest, part of the Dzanga Sangha Reserve, the last refuge of forest elephants and Central African gorillas, in south-western Central African Republic.
Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools.

Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools

An adult mastodon consuming a spruce branch set against a backdrop illustrating their cyclical continental migrations linked to climate fluctuations.

Ancient DNA Reveals Mastodons Were Shaped by Ice Age Climate Swings

Illustration: The skull of an asian elephant.

Three new 7.7-million-year-old elephant skulls unearthed in Turkey


The Lt. Col Eisner Affair: What Did We Learn?

How should Israel react to morally reprehensible behavior on the part of its officials?

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Column One: The elephant of Jew hatred

Israel cannot rely on Americans or Europeans as allies or partners when it confronts threats from its Jew-obsessed neighbors.

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Tracked Elephant seal travels 18,000 miles

Jackson swims the equivalent of New York to Sydney – and back again; elephant seals give insight to health of coastal regions.

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Preserving the prehistoric prawns

Among the projects discussed at a meeting of zoo directors from Europe was the effort to save creatures beneath the site of the miracle of the loaves and fishes.

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Out from the shadow, away from the elephant

Gideon Rubin is beginning to garner an int'l reputation. But in Israel, he is only now beginning to emerge from his grandfather's shadow.

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Israeli ‘aid ships’ carry 4-legged animals to Turkey

"Happily, everyone is working together for the good of the animals, and all the politics are just not relevant.”

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