KENYA, April 6 (WNM/Current Biology) - A study reported in the journal Current Biology has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa - an area bigger than the whole of Russia - still has suitable habitat for elephants, the actual range of African elephants has shrunk to just 17%of what it could be due to human pressure and the killing of elephants for ivory. "We looked at every square kilometer of the continent," says lead ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...