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A 'War' Between Elephants And Humans Is Brewing in Southern Africa

(Steve Stringer Photography/Moment/Getty Images) Which footprint is bigger? An elephant's or a human's? It depends on how you ...

Rising human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa predicted

A study predicts increasing human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa. A growing number of farmers and 290,000 African ...
Phys.org

Human activities have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700, dividing population into smaller patches

Despite their iconic status and long association with humans, Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals. Believed to number between 45,000 and 50,000 individuals worldwide, they are ...
Mongabay

In north Bangladesh, human-elephant conflicts signal need for greater protection

At least four people have been killed in wild elephant attacks in Bangladesh in the last few weeks, three of them in the northern Sherpur district. At least one elephant was also killed by locals via ...
CU Boulder News & Events

On World Elephant Day, PhD student and researcher Tyler Nuckols emphasizes that both groups are important in human-elephant coexistence

Almost every night, Tyler Nuckols can hear fireworks and shouting—not celebrating a holiday or marking an occasion, but trying to drive elephants back into the forest. In Ruam Thai, Thailand, where ...
The Telegraph

Arunachal records world's highest elephant presence, unveils plan to tackle human-wildlife conflict

Elephants in Arunachal Pradesh have been recorded at elevations above 3,000 metres above sea level, marking the highest known elephant presence documented anywhere in the world, according to a new ...