eleblog » Elephant Research http://www.eleblognews.com Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:54:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Prehistoric elephant found in East Java http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/06/21/prehistoric-elephant-found-in-east-java/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/06/21/prehistoric-elephant-found-in-east-java/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:28:17 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/06/21/prehistoric-elephant-found-in-east-java/ “Australian researchers have made the rare discovery of an almost complete prehistoric elephant skeleton, thought to be about 200-thousand years old.” – ABC Radio Australia

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/06/21/prehistoric-elephant-found-in-east-java/feed/ 0 Mammoth discovery http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/04/02/mammoth-discovery/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/04/02/mammoth-discovery/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:26:45 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/04/02/mammoth-discovery/ 3 boys in Michigan found a large bone on a farm in Michigan. The bone belongs to a prehistoric Mammoth.

Herald Palladium

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/04/02/mammoth-discovery/feed/ 0 Elephant, giraffe, crocodile and whale to be dissected for new Channel 4 show http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/30/elephant-giraffe-crocodile-and-whale-to-be-dissected-for-new-channel-4-show/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/30/elephant-giraffe-crocodile-and-whale-to-be-dissected-for-new-channel-4-show/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:20:41 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/30/elephant-giraffe-crocodile-and-whale-to-be-dissected-for-new-channel-4-show/ A four part series, Animal Autopsy, will feature the dissections of an elephant, giraffe, crocodile and whale. Sounds gruesome to me.

Telegraph

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/30/elephant-giraffe-crocodile-and-whale-to-be-dissected-for-new-channel-4-show/feed/ 0 San Diego Zoo to study movements of African elephants http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/san-diego-zoo-to-study-movements-of-african-elephants/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/san-diego-zoo-to-study-movements-of-african-elephants/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:49:09 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/san-diego-zoo-to-study-movements-of-african-elephants/ The San Diego is planning on studying the movement of African elephants over a 50,000 square mile area that includes Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Los Angeles Times

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/san-diego-zoo-to-study-movements-of-african-elephants/feed/ 0 Elephant’s sad farewell to friend http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/elephants-sad-farewell-to-friend/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/elephants-sad-farewell-to-friend/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:39:48 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/elephants-sad-farewell-to-friend/ An elephant, in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, mourns his deceased friend – he tries to keep vultures and hyenas away and even tries to lift the carcass.

News24

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/elephants-sad-farewell-to-friend/feed/ 2 When It Comes To Elephant Love Calls, The Answer Lies In A Bone-shaking Triangle http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/when-it-comes-to-elephant-love-calls-the-answer-lies-in-a-bone-shaking-triangle/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/when-it-comes-to-elephant-love-calls-the-answer-lies-in-a-bone-shaking-triangle/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:41:19 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/when-it-comes-to-elephant-love-calls-the-answer-lies-in-a-bone-shaking-triangle/ Researchers are learning that when female elephants make mating calls that the vibrations can be felt in the male’s feet and trunks.

Science Daily

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/when-it-comes-to-elephant-love-calls-the-answer-lies-in-a-bone-shaking-triangle/feed/ 0 Vibrations ‘could save elephants’ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/vibrations-could-save-elephants/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/vibrations-could-save-elephants/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:28:39 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/vibrations-could-save-elephants/ Researchers are attempting to reproduce the rumbling sound made by a female in heat in order to stop rampaging males and keep them from being killed.

BBC NEWS

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/03/07/vibrations-could-save-elephants/feed/ 0 Opal the elephant is pregnant http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/15/opal-the-elephant-is-pregnant/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/15/opal-the-elephant-is-pregnant/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:35:00 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/15/opal-the-elephant-is-pregnant/ Opal, a formally abused traveling circus elephant, is pregnant for the first time via artificial insemination.

EADT

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/15/opal-the-elephant-is-pregnant/feed/ 0 Microchips to identify elephants in Corbett http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/07/microchips-to-identify-elephants-in-corbett/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/07/microchips-to-identify-elephants-in-corbett/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:32:19 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/07/microchips-to-identify-elephants-in-corbett/ Microchips are being installed in elephants at the Jim Corbett National Park in India. Each chip will have an ID number, which will allow researchers to track them.

The Times of India

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/07/microchips-to-identify-elephants-in-corbett/feed/ 0 Where should the elephants go? http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/05/where-should-the-elephants-go/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/05/where-should-the-elephants-go/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:34:16 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/05/where-should-the-elephants-go/ An illegal coffee plantation has been built within the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia, which is causing conflict between humans and elephants. To reduce the number of elephant deaths, a GPS collar has been devised for elephants. By knowing the elephant’s location, humans can be warned when the elephants are entering their area and prepare for them without having to resort to killing them.

BBC NEWS

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/02/05/where-should-the-elephants-go/feed/ 0 Elephants in Kenya seen smacking children in BBC documentary http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/25/elephants-in-kenya-seen-smacking-children-in-bbc-documentary/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/25/elephants-in-kenya-seen-smacking-children-in-bbc-documentary/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:34:57 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/25/elephants-in-kenya-seen-smacking-children-in-bbc-documentary/ “The researchers captured the moment a mother knocked her older calf off his feet after he began misbehaving after the birth of a younger sibling. ” – Telegraph

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/25/elephants-in-kenya-seen-smacking-children-in-bbc-documentary/feed/ 2 Babar on Ice: A New Way to Save Endangered Elephants? http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/babar-on-ice-a-new-way-to-save-endangered-elephants/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/babar-on-ice-a-new-way-to-save-endangered-elephants/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:15:18 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/babar-on-ice-a-new-way-to-save-endangered-elephants/ “In what could be an important step toward stabilizing the world’s population of endangered Asian elephants, German researchers say they’ve hit on a way to freeze elephant sperm without destroying its viability.” Scientific American

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/babar-on-ice-a-new-way-to-save-endangered-elephants/feed/ 0 Fact or Fiction?: Elephants Never Forget http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/fact-or-fiction-elephants-never-forget/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/fact-or-fiction-elephants-never-forget/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:06:39 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/fact-or-fiction-elephants-never-forget/ “Elephants do not have the greatest eyesight in the animal kingdom, but they never forget a face. Carol Buckley at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., for instance, reports that in 1999 resident elephant Jenny became anxious and could hardly be contained when introduced to newcomer Shirley, an Asian elephant.” – Scientific American

An amazing article about elephant’s memories.

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2009/01/23/fact-or-fiction-elephants-never-forget/feed/ 4 Cameroon: Largest ever elephant tagged http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/30/cameroon-largest-ever-elephant-tagged/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/30/cameroon-largest-ever-elephant-tagged/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:38:29 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/30/cameroon-largest-ever-elephant-tagged/ “Over the years WWF in collaboration with the North Carolina Zoo has been deploying satellite collars on elephants in the Southeast and other parts of Cameroon. The collars provide information via satellite on the movement pattern of elephants essential for the conservation of this charismatic mega vertebrate.” – AfricaNews

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/30/cameroon-largest-ever-elephant-tagged/feed/ 0 Elephants could play key role in bringing mammoths back to life http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/29/elephants-could-play-key-role-in-bringing-mammoths-back-to-life/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/29/elephants-could-play-key-role-in-bringing-mammoths-back-to-life/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:29:21 +0000 Kim http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/29/elephants-could-play-key-role-in-bringing-mammoths-back-to-life/ Columbian Mammoth (by Travis S.)

Scientists believe they could bring mammoths back to life. They now have the complete genetic make-up and think they could resurrect the species by implanting an egg in an elephant. Do you think this should be done? What would we do with the extinct creature? Wouldn’t it be lonely?

“Stephan Schuster, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and the project co-leader at Pennsylvania State university, said the discovery could give clues to why the mammoth became extinct while elephants survived. He said: “By deciphering this genome we could, in theory, generate data that one day may help other researchers to bring the woolly mammoth back to life by inserting the uniquely mammoth DNA sequences into the genome of the modern-day elephant. “

(via)Independent.ie

photo credit: Travis S.

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/29/elephants-could-play-key-role-in-bringing-mammoths-back-to-life/feed/ 2 Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/regenerating-a-mammoth-for-10-million/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/regenerating-a-mammoth-for-10-million/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:28:46 +0000 Kim http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/elephant/2008/11/27/regenerating-a-mammoth-for-10-million/ “Scientists are talking for the first time about the old idea of resurrecting extinct species as if this staple of science fiction is a realistic possibility, saying that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated for as little as $10 million.” – NYTimes.com

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/regenerating-a-mammoth-for-10-million/feed/ 0 Talk to the animals http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/talk-to-the-animals/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/talk-to-the-animals/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:34:39 +0000 Kim http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/elephant/2008/11/27/talk-to-the-animals/ “Dr. Joyce Poole-who has lived with elephants in Africa’s savannah for more than 27 years-described her experiences to more than 100 people Saturday at ARK 2000, the Performing Animal Welfare Society sanctuary. She recounted her time spent working on the Amboseli Elephant Research Project at Amboseli National Park in Kenya, a 57-square-mile park near Mount Kilimanjaro. Her work there is part of one of the longest-running research projects concentrating on wild elephants.” – Calaveras Enterprise

      ]]> http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/11/27/talk-to-the-animals/feed/ 0 Kenyan elephant researchers to study Kaudulla herds http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/09/06/kenyan-elephant-researchers-to-study-kaudulla-herds/ http://www.eleblognews.com/2008/09/06/kenyan-elephant-researchers-to-study-kaudulla-herds/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:28:30 +0000 Kim http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/elephant/2008/09/06/kenyan-elephant-researchers-to-study-kaudulla-herds/ “Kenya’s world famous Amboseli Elephant researchers led by Nairobi based Elephant conservationist Dr. Joyce Poole of 26 years elephant experience will team up with local expertise like Manori Gunawardena to start a long standing study of Asian Elephants along the lines of the African project focusing on the Minneriya-kaudulla Wewa elephant population.” – Asian Tribune

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