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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ivory’s Curse
“An abundant endowment of high-value wildlife can be a resource curse that ultimately leaves human societies worse off. The damage being done to African elephants from poaching is very real, but so […]
Crime and Punishment — Finding a Balance
All of us take risk and reward into account in our daily decision making. Legislators, judges, administrators, churches, communities — all elements of a given society contribute to a risk-reward structure that […]
Tuskless in Tanzania
This brown-eyed beauty was born without tusks — a shortcoming perhaps, but not a deformity. I photographed her in Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park in 2008. She was with her two children, […]
