Elephants are strong enough to knock over trees. But why do they do it, and how does it benefit the ecosystem?

Trees often have stories to tell. They remember the rise and fall of dynasties, a newly formed India, and now, of an epoch traversing through everything digital.

Burning bush is tolerant of pruning in all shapes and sizes. It can be sheared as a hedge, pruned as a shrub, or trained as a small tree.

East African bush elephant from the Blue Nile region, known as Jumbina, in yard outside the Elephant House at the National Zoological Park. Cite as Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image ...

Let’s say you’re traipsing through the African bush when you come across a grove of trees. As you walk through it, something feels off. You look up at one of the trees and notice that a ...

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Kruger rangers face armed poachers daily while investigating elephant killings and recent poaching camps in a 2-million-hectare wilderness. Rangers undergo six-week intensive training, including ...