Happy the elephant prods the wire fence of her enclosure with her trunk, oblivious to the ‘Wild Asia Monorail’ rumbling past a dozen feet above her, carrying yet another batch of Bronx Zoo visitors. They have less than a minute to gawp at her doing not very much in her fairly bare grassy enclosure of … Read more
Happy the elephant prods the wire fence of her enclosure with her trunk, oblivious to the ‘Wild Asia Monorail’ rumbling past a dozen feet above her, carrying yet another batch of Bronx Zoo visitors. They have less than a minute to gawp at her doing not very much in her fairly bare grassy enclosure of … Read more
An elephant kept alone in a tiny enclosure in a Pakistani zoo will be allowed to leave after a campaign by animal welfare activists helped ensure him better conditions elsewhere. Dubbed the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ by his supporters, Kaavan has languished at a zoo in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad for more than 35 years. … Read more
The Somali elephant shrew, known for its curiously long snout, has been found in the African wild for the first time in more than 50 years. Having been considered ‘lost to science’ since 1968, the tiny mammal has been discovered in the rocky landscape of the Horn of Africa. Following sightings by locals in the … Read more
The Somali elephant shrew, known for its curiously long snout, has been found in the African wild for the first time in more than 50 years. Having been considered ‘lost to science’ since 1968, the tiny mammal has been discovered in the rocky landscape of the Horn of Africa. Following sightings by locals in the … Read more
A little help please, Mum! Baby elephant is put on its feet by its mother after taking a tumble A newborn elephant took a nasty tumble during a trip to the water’s edge at the Chobe River in Botswana Luckily mum was on hand to help get the calf back on its feet using her … Read more
Prince Harry has reignited the row over Britain’s colonial history as it emerged today he wanted the organisation to ‘acknowledge the past’, even if it’s ‘uncomfortable’. It is likely to cause a ruckus in the Royal household, with his grandmother the Queen being head of the 54-nation group, and his father Prince Charles to succeed … Read more
Jumbo effort! Mother elephant gives her calf a helpful shove as it struggles to climb over roadside barrier Footage shows elephants climbing over barrier in the Gudalur of Nilgiris district in India Two of the elephants make it over the barrier but the youngest struggles The mother climbs back over so she can hoist the … Read more
An almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton with eight-foot tusks has been recovered from a former mine in Germany. The Eurasian straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, died by the shores of an ancient lake before its corpse was scavenged by carnivores. Human ancestors are thought to have eaten from the carcass, as 30 small flint flakes and … Read more
Merry the elephant! Eating fermented fruit gets elephants DRUNK – but tiny shrews and koalas can hold their alcohol, study finds Canadian scientists discovered elephant’s lack genetic mutation called A294 V This is present in humans and other species and allows for processing of alcohol Ends a long-standing debate as to whether elephants get drunk on … Read more