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 […]
Elephant Update — Asia and Africa
Super Tusker: Is All Well for Boswell?
Meet Boswell. Boswell is a relatively famous elephant who lives in Zimbabwe. His primary notoriety is for standing on his hind legs to fetch juicy leaves and branches that others cannot reach. […]
The Beginning of the End
Sunrise or sunset? Beginning or end? As one year comes to a close and another opens, it is natural to assess where we are and where we are going. For the elephants, […]
The Ivory Game
Thursday, November 4, Netflix will premier on its service the award-winning documentary, The Ivory Game (link to full press kit). The Ivory Game (link to website) poses the dark world of ivory […]
Cheers!
This past Thursday, June 2, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced a near-total ban on the commercial trade of African elephant ivory. More than 1.3 million comments were filed during […]
Elephants Forever Reached 102 Countries in 2015
Word Press just sent me the annual report on the Elephants Forever site and thanks to all of you, we had 5,100 visitors in 2015 from a total of 102 countries! On […]
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 […]
Technology, Tusks and Terrorists
The cover story of National Geographic’s September issue is entitled “Tracking Ivory.” A companion piece, “Warlords of Ivory,” aired last night on the National Geographic TV channel. Both cover the bold effort […]
Happy World Elephant Day!
What have you done for the elephants today? There is still time to act, if not today, then tomorrow or the next. But don’t put it off for too long. Your voice […]
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 […]
