Eleblog

A Sultan’s gift?

“Since that paper, they’ve fleshed out an alternate scenario that’s decidedly more exotic. Specifically, wildlife biologist Junaidi Payne, based at the World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia, and colleagues now suspect that the elephants are remnants of a population believed to be extinct for more than 200 years” – The Scientist

     

July 9, 2008   No Comments

Dumbos get GPS

“A female elephant and her group in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park will be tracked via satellite, state media reported on Monday.” – IOL

     

July 4, 2008   No Comments

Woolly Mammoth Gene Study Changes Extinction Theory

“A large genetic study of the extinct woolly mammoth has revealed that the species was not one large homogenous group, as scientists previously had assumed, and that it did not have much genetic diversity.” – Science Daily

     

June 15, 2008   No Comments

Microchips for wild elephants to prevent their captivity

“Concerned about the plight of captive elephants, the Centre has started a project to keep a track on the number of elephants in the region. Under ‘Project Elephant’, microchips will be inserted in wild elephants to prevent their further captivity” – ExpressIndia.Com

     

June 12, 2008   No Comments

GSM technology to help tame marauding elephants

“For the farmers living around Mount Kenya Forest, every day is a struggle, wondering whether the 5,000 elephants from the forest will “visit” and leave a trail of destruction and even death.” – PC World

     

June 12, 2008   No Comments

Kenya: Elephants to Be Tracked Using New Device

“Modern technology may soon come to the aid of farmers living under the constant threat of elephants from Mount Kenya forest.” – allAfrica.com

     

May 29, 2008   No Comments

Kerala to tag all tame elephants in the state

“All tame elephants in Kerala will soon come to be identified by a 10-digit number, thanks to an electronic tag that is expected to carry information on these gentle giants that also have their moments of fury.”- Gulfnews

     

May 24, 2008   No Comments

Elephant Kin Liked the Water

“Isotopes in tooth fossils add new clues to debate THE ANCIENT KIN OF MODERN ELEPHANTS may have spent much of their time in lakes, rivers or swamps.” – redOrbit
     

May 18, 2008   No Comments

Microchip implanted on elephant

“A microchip has been implanted on Ganesan, the temple elephant of the famous Lord Saneeswara temple at Tirunallar near Karaikal here.”- The Hindu

     

May 7, 2008   No Comments

An Elephant Never Forgets

“The government had stopped this practice in 1995 when the population of elephants was judged to be dangerously low. However now that they’re seeking to reinstate it, something has come up: expert scientists believe that elephants have cognitive capacity.” – Environmental Graffiti

     

May 1, 2008   No Comments

Near-extinct elephants owe survival to 1700s sultan

” Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study.” – TheChronicleHerald.ca

     

April 26, 2008   No Comments

Elephants warm to new diagnostic tool

“Instead, the technicolor image was generated by infra-red thermography, which is being used to diagnose health problems in elderly elephants at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in western New South Wales. ” – The Australian

     

April 24, 2008   No Comments

Presumed Extinct Javan Elephants May Have Been Found Again – In Borneo

“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” – Science Daily

     

April 20, 2008   No Comments

Presumed Extinct Javan Elephants May Have Been Found Again – In Borneo

“The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.” – Science Daily

     

April 17, 2008   No Comments

Elephant ancestor a cross between a tapir and a manatee?

“Ancient animals have raised some interesting questions about the ancestry of the elephant. An animal called Moeritherium has given some clues that the elephant’s original ancestor could have been a lot more complex than anyone thought.” – Digital Journal

     

April 17, 2008   No Comments

Ancient Elephant Ancestor Lived in Water, Study Finds

“Chemical signatures from fossil teeth reveal that at least one species of proboscidean, an ancient elephant relative, lived in an aquatic environment.” – National Geographic News

     

April 15, 2008   No Comments

That Elephant Can Smell You From a Mile Away

“While plenty of anecdotal evidence exists for dogs’ and other keen-nosed animals’ ability to sniff out race in humans, a recent paper in Current Biology has gathered data suggesting that elephants are able to distinguish between races using a combination of smell and color cues, and can even differentiate between two separate ethnic groups within a single race. The findings are described as follows:” – DISCOVER.com

     

April 11, 2008   No Comments

Controversial attempt to put elephant in bubble is back on

“Despite controversy and previous cancellation, an elephant-in-a-bubble show apparently must go on.” – PE.com

     

April 5, 2008   No Comments