How poo is helping scientists count African forest elephants

Scientists say there are thousands more African forest elephants than they previously thought thanks to a new counting ...
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DNA methods help uncover further African Forest Elephants – but species remains critically endangered

A new assessment of African Forest Elephants reveals an estimated 135,690 individuals1, with an additional 7,728 to 10,990 ...
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There Could Be 10,000 More African Forest Elephants Than We Thought – But They’re Still Critically Endangered

The new assessment totals 135,690 forest elephants, 16 percent more than the figure estimated in 2016, with an additional ...
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African Elephant Eating Branches

A detailed view of an African elephant chewing a broken tree branch. The image shows the animal’s textured skin, strong tusks, and natural feeding behavior in its habitat.

Elephant dung DNA reveals hidden forest populations, study shows

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed on Thursday.
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African Elephant Feeding Among the Trees

An African elephant uses its trunk to strip branches, revealing the power and precision of the largest land animal on Earth. Secret Service finds 17 'skimming' devices in tour of San Antonio ...
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Why African elephant poop is so important to this American guitar company

The world is connected in surprising ways. A new study gives the latest example - how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars. As NPR's Nate Rott reports, the study also comes with a ...