Finally, in collaboration with colleagues in the UK, Denmark, Italy, and elsewhere, we have properly defined, for the first time since Linnaeus named the species in 1758, a type specimen (lectotype) ...
A bundle of firewood lay abandoned on the path, a silent witness to tragedy. Nearby, a red shawl, once wrapped around Chandra Kumari Limbu, remained. The footprints of the wild Asian elephant that ...
By Mongabay.com A small town in southern India has rolled out an innovative solar-powered “invisible” fencing system designed ...
When barriers and fences failed, farmers switched from paddy and maize to tusker-resistant crops such as tea, lemons and even ...
The Oregon Zoo has determined that the newest member of its Asian elephant herd is indeed a girl, and given her a name: ...
See All Key Ideas KATHMANDU — On the morning of Feb. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus ... Wild Asian elephants, categorize such as ...
Since the Sri Lankan elephant is special species known as Elephas maximus maximus and is part of the culture and religion of both the Buddhists and Hindus in the island, it is much sought after in ...