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Prof. Ran Barkai from Tel Aviv University holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy in an undated picture. (Tel Aviv University)
May 20, 2026, 10:07 pm
Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say
New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop smaller, more sophisticated tools 200,000 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
Bahati, with one of her beloved tires. (Ramat Gan Safari)
May 5, 2026, 3:26 pm
Ramat Gan Safari bids farewell to Bahati, iconic 65-year-old elephant
One of the oldest recorded female African elephants in the world, she bore five calves and boasts a lineage of 52 elephants across European zoos
By Sue Surkes
Archaeologists, paleontologists and conservators surround the tusk of a straight-tusked elephant, discovered at Kibbutz Revadim, southern Israel, in August 2022. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 31, 2022, 2:21 pm
Giant prehistoric elephant tusk uncovered in southern Israel
Academics seek to study rare find to learn about significance of such remains in early human culture; Antiquities Authority says fossil will go on display after preservation
By Michael Horovitz
Screen capture from video of elephants at the Ramat Gan Safari responding during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, May 2021. (Facebook)
May 24, 2021, 3:03 pm
Israeli zoo video shows elephants protecting calf in rocket attack
In clip from Ramat Gan Safari, group of females crowd around young animal as sirens wail with the sound of rocket explosions in the background
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
In this supplied photo a dead elephant lies in the bush in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Monday May 25, 2020. Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses, with 275 found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks.(Photo via AP)
July 28, 2020, 5:46 am
What killed hundreds of elephants in Botswana? Still unknown
Testing to find cause continues; conservationist call mystery deaths ‘one of the biggest disasters to impact elephants this century’
By SELLO MOTSETA
This photo by Thai News Pix taken on October 5, 2019 shows two elephants (one behind the other) trapped on a small cliff at a waterfall at Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand as rescuers work to save them. At least six wild elephants drowned after tumbling down a waterfall in the Thai national park, authorities said on October 5. (PANUPONG CHANGCHAI / THAI NEWS PIX / AFP)
October 5, 2019, 7:40 pm
Trying to rescue baby, six wild elephants plunge to death at Thai waterfall
Members of herd try to save each other at notorious Hell’s Abyss; officials in national park hear them ‘crying’ for help
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of elephants in Addo Elephant National Park (CC BY Brian Snelson, Flickr)
March 16, 2018, 1:59 pm
Trophy hunters pack Trump wildlife protection board
Interior secretary Ryan Zinke has said he believes best way to protect endangered species is from money raised by wealthy Americans shooting some of them
By Michael Biesecker, JAKE PEARSON and Jeff Horwitz
In this file photo taken Tuesday, March 9, 2010, elephants use their trunks to smell for possible danger in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya. The Trump administration is lifting a federal ban on the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)
November 18, 2017, 9:29 pm
Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies
Officials said the decision should be put on hold until the situation in Zimbabwe stabilizes
By Donna Cassata
An elephant 'votes' in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo's election to find the King of the Animal Kingdom, March 17, 2015. (photo credit: Shai Ben Ami/Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)
March 17, 2015, 3:30 pm
Election gets wild at Jerusalem zoo
Visitors asked to vote on which of the animals should be crowned king of the animal kingdom
By Stuart Winer and Mitch Ginsburg
Wild elephants in Tanzania. (photo credit: Haim Shohat/FLASH90)
March 12, 2015, 2:08 am
An elephant solution to landmines
US Army researchers funding studies into using pachyderms to find explosives, the latest potential use of animals in war
By AP
Elephants take cover from incoming rockets at the Ramat Gan Safari (screen capture: YouTube)
July 10, 2014, 6:49 pm
Elephants shield young from rockets
At Ramat Gan Safari, endangered animals react with cries to blaring sirens
By Marissa Newman and Yifa Yaakov
President Shimon Peres has a close encounter with an elephant at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, July 02, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster / Flash90)
January 6, 2014, 3:53 pm
The elephant in the president’s room
Visiting leader of Sri Lanka wants to give Shimon Peres a big present
By Stuart Winer
La Petite and her newborn calf at the Ramat Gan Safari, Wednesday (photo credit: Courtesy)
October 2, 2013, 4:23 pm
For the not-so-small La Petite, a daughter
Ramat Gan safari’s 25-year-old elephant, already a grandmother, has another girl of her own
By Aaron Kalman
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