“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

“Now in a follow up study, O’Connell-Rodwell has found that elephants respond only to calls from elephants they know. Calls from unknown elephants are ignored. ” - Monga Bay

“Writing in the June 2007 Scientific American one of the scientists who helped put forth a radical proposal to reintroduce historical megafauna — including camels, cheetah, elephants, and lions — revisits the scheme, reviewing its basic points and refuting some of the criticism the plan received from the general public and other conservation biologists. ” - Monga Bay

“Patrick is a little off on his assessment of the sound emanating from the elephant. It’s not the elephant’s stomach but a low-frequency, partially infrasonic elephant call used in warning or to call to offspring. Confusion notwithstanding, we crouch to watch the adult forest elephant grab trunkfuls of leaves from the surrounding vegetation as the growling continues. ” - Monga Bay

“What do hot sauce aficionados and African elephants have in common? They both feel the burn of chilli peppers, the key ingredient for resolving human-elephant conflicts in Africa while raising money for farmers and conservation. ” - Monga Bay

” Anecdotal and limited scientific evidence indicate strongly that central Africa?s forest elephants are in the midst of a dramatic decline due to illegal killing for ivory and meat, and habitat fragmentation.” - Monga Bay