Long memories lead to longer lives for elephants
“A new study in the journal Biology Letters reports that elephant herds with the oldest females will likely be more resilient as climate change brings more frequent and intense droughts to the African savanna. Researchers found that during a 1993 drought in Tanzania, fewer calves died in two herds whose females were older than a third herd.” - globeandmail.com
Tags: Biology Letters, Climate Change, Drought, Memory, Science, Tanzania
