Almost two-thirds of elephant habitat lost across Asia, study finds
WEBApr 27, 2023 — Elephants have lost almost two-thirds of their habitat across Asia, the result of hundreds of years of deforestation and increasing human use of land for agriculture and infrastructure, a new...
Thailand rushes to rescue elephants, animals from flash floods
WEB20 hours ago — Item 1 of 2 Elephants are seen in a flooded area at Chiang Mai-based Elephant Nature Park, in Thailand's northern Chiang Mai province, October 4, 2024.
Elephants escape flash floods in Thailand - NBC News
WEB1 day ago — Flash floods in the north led to the evacuation of 100 elephants to higher ground, though some were swept away and others left stranded on a patch of land reachable only by boat.
Asian elephants bury their dead, study suggests | CNN
WEBMar 14, 2024 — Researchers in India have for the first time documented how Asian elephants bury dead calves. Five calves were found buried on their backs in drainage ditches in tea gardens in northern...
China elephants: 150,000 evacuated from path of trekking herd - BBC
WEBAug 10, 2021 — More than 150,000 people have been evacuated from the path of a herd of migrating elephants, Chinese officials have said. Authorities in south-western Yunnan province feared conflict between...
Asian elephants mostly roam outside protected areas - Nature
WEBOct 19, 2022 — Asian elephants spend most of their time outside protected areas because they prefer the food they find there, an international team of scientists reports. But this behaviour is putting the...
Tackling critical threats facing Asian elephants
WEBIn Southeast Asia and China, Asian elephants are facing escalating habitat loss and fragmentation, human-elephant conflict, poaching, and small populations that are increasingly isolated. Population isolation places elephants at higher risk of localized extinction due to conflict, disease, inbreeding, etc.
There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering ... - BBC
WEBAug 15, 2021 — For the past 17 months, a wandering herd of elephants in China has embarked on an adventure of mammoth proportions. Now, after straying hundreds of kilometres from their nature reserve, the...
Flooding from seasonal rains threatens ... - Associated Press News
WEB20 hours ago — The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. ... Evacuations were …
Rare twin elephants born in Thailand 'miracle' - BBC
WEBAn Asian elephant in central Thailand has given birth to a rare set of twins, in what caretakers have described as a miracle.