“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
“Long-term memory may be key to helping elephants survive future challenges, including climate change, reports a new study published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters. ” - Monga Bay
“Today, in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the first hard evidence is published of how elephants, like humans, attach great importance to the dead, feeling moved to touch them with their trunks and feet, and often revisiting carcasses. The study by Karen McComb and Lucy Baker of Sussex University and Cynthia Moss of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants adds to the mountain of evidence to show that humans have far fewer unique characteristics than once thought.” - Telegraph
