Elephants

A new study looks at the damage that would occur to flora and fauna if forest elephant populations continue to decline.

• By Emily Clark

Flamingoes are seen at Lake Amboseli from a spotter plane overhead during a trial run for an aerial animal census at the Amboseli National Park on June 21st, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya on June 13th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new study shows how technology developed to study earthquakes could help conservationists monitor elephant populations from afar.

• By Kate Wheeling

Recent advances in laboratory methods are enabling scientists to recover very old or degraded DNA sequences from warmer places, where DNA degrades at a much faster rate.

• By Sue Palminteri

The Greatest Show on Earth takes a final bow.

• By Nick Hagar

A wave of new research points to a disturbing cause for the woolly mammoth's extinction. Can we prevent ourselves from repeating the same mistake?

• By Greg Rosalsky

At least knowing where the slaughter is happening means officials know where to try to stop it.

• By Francie Diep

Both women and orcas experience menopause. A new study reveals one reason why these matriarchs may prevail, despite their inability to reproduce: wisdom.

• By Becca Cudmore

You'll need two Ph.D.s and a J.D. to buy ivory legally in the United States. So don’t even try it.

• By Brian Palmer

Circus City U.S.A. has its own circus graveyard and the second-largest Asian elephant herd in the U.S., but it's hiding in a tiny town north of Dallas.

• By Noah Davis