Elephants are sought after for their ivory, which comes from their tusks. In most countries, it is illegal, but this has’t stopped people from killing them…
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9 Ways to Tell an Ethical Elephant Sanctuary Apart From a Sham
As an elephant researcher, I have been against the use of elephants in circuses and elephant rides for a very long time. But now, a new type of entertainment is forming: visiting an elephant sanctuary…
Should You Ride an Elephant? This Elephant Researcher Says No
I’m not perfect; I’ve definitely ridden elephants before. But when you know better you do better. Now, I am a wildlife biologist with a Ph.D. quite literally in elephant research and I’m here to ask you to please do better.
17 Amazing Camera Trap Photos from Kenya Taken By Kids
A big part of my job is working with teachers to integrate my camera trap research into their classrooms…
Automation in Science: What Will Happen to Scientists?
A big part of my dissertation research was identifying individual elephants, a painstaking process that took months of my time…
Secretive Forest Elephant Friendships
Despite being the largest land animals, one elephant species still has many mysteries…
Why Elephant Dung is a Valuable Resource for Scientists
Forest elephants defecate roughly 17-20 times a day, making dung an accessible and incredible source of information…
Destroying Ivory to Save Elephants: Does It Work?
When I was eight years old, a powerful image imprinted into my memory forever: piles of large, white tusks burning in plumes of smoke in a country called Kenya…
Studying African Forest Elephants
Elephants are the largest land animals, so it comes as a great surprise that for one species, we really don’t know that much…
The Night Forest Elephants Broke Into My Room
Nighttime in a Central African forest reveals a suite of completely new, mostly acoustic, experiences from the day…
