More than 3 million square kilometers of the Asian elephant's historic habitat range has been lost in just three centuries, a new report from an international scientific team led by a University ...

Other evidence, however, suggests that the pygmy elephants are a genetically distinct ... "Conversions result in fragmentation of the forests, which in turn results in loss of natural habitat for ...

The Borneo pygmy elephant, native to Sabah, is the smallest elephant subspecies. Habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict pose significant threats to their survival. Conservationists emphasise the ...

Today, according to a study by Kouakou et al., published in PLOS ONE in October, extensive habitat loss and poaching have left a mere 225 forest elephants in the country. The study authors state that ...

The pygmy elephants’ peaceful nature has earned ... such as managing human-elephant conflicts and preventing habitat loss. The Red List assessment was conducted by an international team ...

“This is the biodiversity crisis playing out in real time. The alarm bell for pygmy rabbits has been ringing for a long time, but now the loss of their habitat is accelerating. It’s time to bring the ...

It is estimated that about fifty percent of the nation's precious pygmy elephant species has perished in the last 60-70 years primarily due to degradation, fragmentation and loss of habitats.

There are only around 1,500 wild pygmy elephants in Sabah ... their existence is increasingly threatened by habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict,” she said when launching the Cemp and ...

Occupancy rates average 23% in Idaho and 22% in Nevada. The pace of habitat loss and degradation of the pygmy rabbit’s sagebrush habitat has accelerated to unsustainable levels. In addition, an ...

Through the Borneo Pygmy Elephant Project in Kinabatangan ... the primary threat on these endangered species stemmed from habitat loss triggered by human encroachment, resulting in fragmented ...

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has launched the Captive Elephant Management Plan (CEMP) to safeguard one of its most iconic and majestic species, the Bornean pygmy ... by habitat loss and human-wildlife ...