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To knock an elephant off balance, bring out a giant blindfold
A new study, published in Biology Letters on Wednesday in Britain, suggests that visual feedback helps elephants time their strides.
330 elephants in Botswana may have died from toxic algae
The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in northwestern Botswana earlier this year may have occurred because they drank water contaminated by toxic...
Muted Vinayaga Chathurthi across state as govt orders festival only...
Vinayaga Chathurthi was celebrated across Tamil Nadu with usual fervour on Saturday, although the trademark large idols of the elephant God were...
Singapore crushes ivory from around 300 elephants to deter illegal...
Singapore started crushing nine tonnes worth of elephant ivory on Tuesday, in what authorities said was the biggest such event globally in recent...
Experts’ panel to study travails of TN tuskers
To address issues faced by elephants in Tamil Nadu, the State Forest Department has constituted a wildlife expert committee to do a detailed study...
Hundreds of elephants found dead in Botswana
Mystery surrounds the "completely unprecedented" deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana over the last two months, a media report said.
Erode, Dharmapuri ryots killed by elephants
They urged the forest department to take concrete action to prevent intrusion of wild elephants into the villages. The villagers also demanded the...
Photo series documents the bond between elephants and mahouts
Through the photography series, Tamed Tuskers, Senthil Kumaran explores the relationship that develops between a captured elephant and its mahout