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Scientists Expose East African Elephant Poaching Patterns

Elephant poaching is an ongoing problem throughout Africa as poachers develop sneakier tactics for collecting their trophies. On the other hand, efforts to deter elephant poaching or at least catch ...
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Study Analyzes Elephant Movement Patterns Relative to Resource Availability

The world and its many landscapes are continuously changing, so it should come as no surprise that wild animals follow suit to adjust to the dynamic environment they live in. In most cases, they seek ...
The Ecologist

Elephant movement pattern linked to diets

Science is helping us to understand why African elephants move between landscapes. Problems can arise because African elephants have the capacity to extensively alter the landscape when seeking ...
Engadget

Smartwatch implants help track elephant sleep patterns

Professor Paul Manger from Wits University and his colleagues are using a tracker called an Actiwatch to study elephant sleep patterns in Botswana. They removed the watches' bands, insulated them with ...
The Conversation

Statistical models and ranger insights help identify patterns in elephant poaching

E.J. Milner-Gulland is a Trustee of WWF-UK and a member of IUCN-SSC. She was a member of the CITES Technical Advisory Group on Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants until 2019. Rangers are the ...