World Elephant Day, August 12, 2017. This is the fifth World Elephant Day, a global event launched in 2012. This year numerous organizations dedicated to elephants are honoring this day in a […]
Elephant Update — Asia and Africa
Asia and Africa — where the elephants live. Separate species, the Asian and African elephants are unalike in many ways. One of the most pronounced differences is their coloration. African elephants […]
Living Dinosaurs
Could elephants really become extinct in our lifetimes? Media coverage is now referring to elephants as “living dinosaurs.” An oxymoron? Not really. More of a prediction. A grim future for elephants is […]
Must the Past be Prologue?
A timeless image — elephants crossing the grasslands, feeding, interacting, doing what they have done for millennia. They (and their distant, now extinct cousins) walked the earth long before the advent of […]
Cures for Cancers
Did you know that elephants rarely get cancer? For some time, scientists have been studying the incidence of cancer in various animals and have been baffled by the absence of cancer in […]
Life Insurance
The African elephant’s natural life span in the wild is up to 70 years. The median age is 56, meaning that half die before 56 and half live to be older than […]
Eye on Elephants
Did you know? Elephants have relatively small eyes for an animal of their size. Their eyes’ position on the sides of their massive heads produces better peripheral than binocular vision. Elephants rely […]
The Fate of the Forest Elephant
I wrote about the forest elephant in September upon my return from the Republic of Congo. The thrill of seeing these secretive creatures notwithstanding, our visit was overshadowed in spirit by descriptions […]
The Intelligent Gift of Knowledge
Elephants are among the most intelligent creatures in the “animal world.” Some of their most remarkable acts of intelligence include empathy; highly complex social structures; the ability to recognize themselves in a […]
The Soul of Giving
It’s “Giving Tuesday.” Following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we return to the spirit of the season, giving thanks, celebrating that which nourishes our souls and opening our hearts and wallets for […]
