South African court hears case over whether last elephants in zoo should be removed

As South Africa's last zoo elephants become the focus of a landmark court battle, activists say the animals' quiet suffering is impossible to ignore.
The Times of Israel

Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say

New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop ...

Your guitar may depend on elephant poop. Here’s why

Research has shown that the future of ebony, elephants, and a US guitar maker are all inextricably intertwined.

Michael Jackson’s elephant lives at a Florida zoo, so we visited him

We went to visit Michael Jackson's elephant, Ali, at the Jacksonville Zoo in Florida. Here's what to know if you would like ...

Animal welfare groups say 3 South African zoo elephants are depressed and sue to move them

Animal welfare groups in South Africa are taking a zoo to court over the mental well-being of three elephants.

Even after adopting cattle, early east African herders kept hunting and gathering for 1,000 years

Eastern Africa's earliest livestock herders continued fishing, hunting and gathering for centuries after livestock were first ...
Daily MaverickOpinion

The last zoo elephants: Why Johannesburg can no longer justify their captivity

The continued confinement of Lammie, Ramadiba and Mopane rests on an assumption that their needs can be met within the ...

African elephant Tembo dies after 50 years at Topeka Zoo

The Topeka Zoo announced May 16 that its last remaining elephant, 56-year-old African pachyderm Tembo, had died after living ...