Mammals

Damaraland mole rats (pictured here) and naked mole rats are the only eusocial mammals known to science. © pilipenkoD

New study reveals that mole rats can multitask

The cougar's range in North America has been greatly reduced, and the cats have been declared extinct in Florida. ©IPGGutenbergUKLtd/iStock

Cougars may help prevent road accidents

The Great Elephant Census recorded that almost 150,000 savannah elephants were lost between 2007 and 2015. ©Dan Kitwood/Staff/Getty

Historic CITES meeting decides the future of African elephants

There are an estimated 25 hedgehogs left in Central London – and now they're under threat. © Tony Walls

HS2 threat to London’s last hedgehogs

Older elephants are targeted by ivory hunters because they have the largest tusks. © Johanness Gerhardus Swanepoel/iStock

Sustainable harvesting of ivory not possible, according to a new study

MASHATU, BOTSWANA - JULY 26: at the Mashatu game reserve on July 26, 2010 in Mapungubwe, Botswana. Mashatu is a 46,000 hectare reserve located in Eastern Botswana where the Shashe river and Limpopo river meet. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Huge elephant translocation begins in Malawi

Without warning, and from 150 metres away, the elephant charged. © Ian Redmond

Elephant ordeal for famous UK conservationist

A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officer stands near a burning pile of 15 tonnes of elephant ivory seized in Kenya at Nairobi National Park on 3 March 2015. © Carl de Souza/Getty

Kenya to destroy largest ever stockpile of ivory

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Why African elephants are becoming hybrids