Tag Archives: Africa
AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS…
October 2007 The smell of a hunter! New study, to appear in Current Biology, shows that elephants apparently remember the smell and look of clothes worn by Maasai hunters, but are not perturbed by the clothes of Kamba agriculturalists who pose no threat. … Continue reading
BUZZ OFF ELEPHANTS!
October 2007 If you live on the edge of or in an African National Park, elephants can be a major garden pest. A group from Oxford has discovered that you can drive them away with the sound of bees… DO NOT TRY … Continue reading
Filed under Conservation, Insects, Mammals, Videos
THE COMPLICATED STORY OF CONSERVATION IN AFRICA
September 2007 Excellent magazine article in Nature about the problems facing conservationists in Africa – because there are too many elephants. Depressing BBC summary of African Journal of Ecology article about how Africa’s national parks are failing in their mission. (You or your institution … Continue reading
Filed under Conservation, Ecology (political)
