16-05-04 The term elephants is a slang for large institutions that have the funds to make high-volume trades. Examples of elephants are professionally managed entities like mutual funds, pension plans, banks and insurance companies. 大象指有资本进行大额交易...

15-10-12 Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades. A study led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University, and including researchers from the Ringling B...

14-08-19 Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point: more are being killed each year than are being born, a study suggests. 研究显示，非洲大象的数量已达临界值：每年被猎杀的大象比出生的大象都要多。 Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly...

14-08-10 Researchers have discovered that African Elephants have the largest number of genes dedicated to smell of any mammal. 研究人员发现，非洲大象拥有数量最多的基因，这些基因有利于所有哺乳动物的嗅觉。 Given the size of their trunks, and how important it i...

14-07-04 A research team from The University of Nottingham has carried out the first molecular characterisation of the African elephant's adipose tissue（脂肪组织） -- body fat. This new information will form the basis of future studies aimed at securing the...

14-06-23 Poachers have killed one of the world's largest elephants - a famed great tusker named Satao in Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. 在肯尼亚东察沃国家公园，偷猎者杀死一头世界上最大的大象有名的长牙大象萨。 Wildlife officials revealed that Satao, a gia...

14-06-16 The survival of Africa's elephants is under threat, with estimates suggesting more than 20,000 were killed in 2013, a report says. 一份报告称，非洲大象的生存面临威胁，据估计2013年有超过20000头大象被杀。 Elephant conservationists say demand for ivory...

14-03-10 Asian elephants that give birth as teenagers die younger than older mothers but raise bigger families during their lifetime, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. Experts from the University's Department of Animal and Plant Sci...

14-02-14 New data from the field in Central Africa shows that between 2002 and 2013, 65 percent of forest elephants were killed. They are being poached, for their ivory, at a shocking 9 percent per year. This new data marks an update to an earlier paper in t...

13-12-31 The killing of elephants has increased sharply in Tanzania since the government suspended its anti-poaching operation after a month, Deputy Tourism Minister Lazaro Nyalandu has said. 坦桑尼亚旅游部副部长拉萨罗亚蓝都称，政府停止反非法狩猎行动之后一个...