Poaching of old forest elephant matriarchs threatens rainforests
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 17:10
in Biology & Nature
Scientists working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Stirling, and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants say that the high levels of poaching forest elephants will result in a loss of the oldest, wisest matriarchs, who are living libraries of their vast rainforest domain. The oldest females guide and teach their young where to […]