Wire Netting on Trees Reduces Impact by Elephants
When elephants feed on trees, they are capable of knocking trees over, which can pose a problem for elephant populations in the long run.
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Seized Ivory Traced to Recently Slaughtered Elephants
Strong demand for ivory has decimated both forest and savannah elephant populations across Africa by about two-thirds over the past years.
Baby Elephants with Stressed Parents, Shorter Lives
Elephants born into stressful situations grow up to have fewer offspring and age faster. Does the same pattern apply to humans?
Alcohol Consumption Found in Nature: Ethanol and Non-Human Animals
Alcohol consumption is not just for humans—a wide array of other animals have also evolved to metabolize ethanol.
Cats Are Calmed by Cat-Specific Music
Cats in a new study showed lower stress responses while listening to a certain type of music, which could help vet visits be less stressful.
Dinosaur Diets at the Jurassic Dinner Table
Sauropods were the largest dinosaurs ever on earth and they had big dinosaur diets, so how do you think they all found enough food to eat?
Forests Alone Can’t Stop Climate Change
Ecologist Nicolas Medina explains how fossil-fuel use impacts forests and drives climate change. Carbon may run deeper than you think,…
Megabiota, Largest Life, Vital to Biosphere
By Mackenzie Myers @kenzwrites Large organisms such as whales, elephants, and redwoods are often featured in awe-inspiring nature documentaries, but…
Forest Restoration, Not Plantations, Will Curb Warming
Forest restoration efforts are a far more effective strategy for sequestering atmospheric carbon than monoculture plantations.
Did Plant-Eating Dinosaurs Have Cheeks?
Did extinct these animals have cheeks? Paleontologists work from fossils of dinosaurs, so how can they know? An anatomist explains.