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How do elephants navigate?

Scientists, conservationists, and the public alike have long recognized the remarkable memories of elephants, immortalized in the phrase, "An elephant never forgets." This extraordinary memory is a key reason African elephants are so resilient and adaptable, able to navigate through…

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Why do leopards climb trees?

In this week’s article, we step away from elephants to explore another fascinating creature that calls the Tsavo Conservation Area home, the leopard. Perhaps the most adaptable and resilient of all large predators, the leopard's habitat ranges from South Africa,…

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How long is an elephant pregnant for?

The gestation period of an animal can reveal a lot about its nature. Typically, the larger and more cognitively developed the animal, the longer its gestation period. For instance, the Virginian opossum has the shortest mammal gestation period, lasting just…

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How Tsavo’s geology saved its animals

Geology describes the scientific study of the Earth, and although, as a science, it is more about rocks than “rock’n’roll,” it remains extremely important. The geology of an environment forms the literal foundation of ecosystems and significantly impacts the vegetation…

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Can we count elephants from space?

Conservationists have begun using an exciting new technology that utilizes satellite imagery to count elephants from space, a method that British experts believe will aid in protecting threatened populations in Africa. Researchers at the University of Oxford and the University…

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Why are elephants so big?

The Earth is 4.543 billion years old, and during that time, it has seen the rise and fall of some truly gargantuan species. In the age of dinosaurs, which spanned an impressive 186 million years in the Mesozoic era, we…

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