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Satellites are helping protect critically endangered desert elephants. Here's how

Drought is forcing Namibian desert elephants to seek water near human settlements. But human encounters with the giant mammals frequently end in tragedies. Elephants are being shot, and their ...
National Parks Conservation AssociationOpinion

Proposed Assault on Endangered Species Act Would Push Park Wildlife Toward Extinction

The proposed changes, coupled with the mass firing of dedicated staff at US Fish and Wildlife and the National Park Service, ...
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The Critical Role of Elephants in Ecosystem Balance (and What Might Happen Without Them)

Elephants are the largest land animals worldwide, used in tourism in several countries, and are often gentle to humans ...

Critically endangered species among 41 animal deaths at Dublin Zoo as mortality rates up during ‘challenging year’

A NUMBER of critically endangered species were among the 41 animals that died at Dublin Zoo during 2024, we can reveal. That ...
Arizona Daily Star

'11 worst year on record for endangered elephants

JOHANNESBURG - Large seizures of elephant tusks make this year the worst on record since ivory sales were banned in 1989, with recent estimates suggesting as many as 3,000 elephants were killed by ...