African Elephant Family Crossing Kenyan River (IMAGE)
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An extended family of elephants walks from Kenya's Samburu National Reserve and across the Ewaso N'giro River into the Buffalo Springs National Reserve. Researchers from the University of Utah and Save the Elephants placed tracking collars on members of an elephant family named "the Royals" and studied chemical isotopes in their tail hair to develop a six-year record of the elephants' movements and diet. The method is expected to help scientists understand how climate change and human encroachment will further threaten the endangered animals.
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Mahala Kephart, University of Utah
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