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Elephants

A pictural guide to postmortem examination of elephants

Almuth Falkenau, Ninja Kolb, Alexandra Rieger, Isabelle Lutzmann, Katharina Erber, Clara Kaufhold, Lina Eddicks, Marco Rosati, Sonja Fiedler, Anna Gager, Effrosyni Michelakaki, Elena Dell’Era, Timo Lorenzen, Martin Zöllner, Andreas Brühschwein, Andrea Meyer-Lindenberg, Julia Heckmann, Marco Roller, Lukas Reese, Barbara Lang, Markus Menzinger, Nicole Richter, Robert Fitz, Lukas Pfaudler, Christine Lendl, Hanspeter W. Steinmetz, Christine Gohl, Monir Majzoub-Altweck, Kaspar Matiasek, Andreas Blutke

published 09 Feb 2026

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Feasibility of Baseline cardIac investiGation in awake elepHants (Elephas mAximus) using tRansThoracic echocardiography: The BIG HEART study

Antonin Boutibou, Valérie Chetboul, Mathieu Magnin, Morgan Bureau, Coline Baillon, Norin Chai

published 02 Feb 2026

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Time-series analysis for forecasting monthly workload at two elephant hospitals in Thailand

Worapong Kosaruk, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Chatchote Thitaram, Pichamon Ueangpaibool, Nawapa Hirannithithamrong

published 30 Dec 2025

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Metabolic profiles of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Lao PDR and Thailand

Ana Belén López Pérez, Janine L. Brown, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Chatchote Thitaram, Jakkawat Pongsumpan, Jarawee Supanta, Wuithipong Tocharoennirattisai, Jaruwan Khonmee

published 17 Dec 2025

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Socializing a group of male Asian elephants in a semi-captive facility in Lao PDR

Ana Belén López Pérez, Janine L. Brown, Shifra Z. Goldenberg, Amapola Rey, Jaruwan Khonmee

published 26 Nov 2025

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Interspecific variation in gut microbiome diversity across the Etosha National Park herbivore community

Rylee Jensen, Erin A. McKenney, James C. Beasley, Claudine C. Cloete, Madeline Melton, Diana J. R. Lafferty

published 09 Oct 2025

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From meat to raw material: the Middle Pleistocene elephant butchery site of Casal Lumbroso (Rome, central Italy)

Beniamino Mecozzi, Ivana Fiore, Biagio Giaccio, Francesca Giustini, Stefano Mercurio, Lorenzo Monaco, Alessia Argento, Francesco Bucci Casari degli Atti di Sassoferrato, Isabella Caricola, Cristina Lemorini, Francesco Lucchini, Ilaria Mazzini, Maria Rita Palombo, Raffaele Sardella, Andrea Sposato, Enza Elena Spinapolice, Francesca Alhaique

published 08 Oct 2025

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Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attribute preferences to virtual competitors?

Emilie Rapport Munro, Matthias Allritz, Kenneth Schweller, Daniel B. M. Haun, Josep Call

published 09 Sep 2025

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Tissue and cellular tropism of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV)1A in hemorrhagic disease

Jennifer A. Landolfi, Lauren Howard, Paul Ling

published 02 Sep 2025

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Factors shaping giraffe behavior in U.S. zoos: A multi-institutional study to inform management

Jason D. Wark, Katherine A. Cronin

published 29 May 2025

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Large mammal population trends in Comoé National Park (1958–2022): Towards understanding their asymmetric decline and recovery in West Africa’s largest savanna park

Paul Scholte, Olivier Pays, Bertrand Chardonnet, Amara Ouattara, Djafarou Tiomoko

published 28 May 2025

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Genetic insights for enhancing conservation strategies in captive and wild Asian elephants through improved non-invasive DNA-based individual identification

Dominic Kwesi Quainoo, Piangjai Chalermwong, Pittayarat Muangsuk, Ton Huu Duc Nguyen, Thitipong Panthum, Worapong Singchat, Trifan Budi, Prateep Duengkae, Warong Suksavate, Aingorn Chaiyes, Saowaphang Sanannu, Wanlaya Tipkantha, Nuttapon Bangkaew, Supaphen Sripiboon, Narongrit Muangmai, Kyudong Han, Patarapol Maneeorn, Mutchamon Kaewparuehaschai, Gittiyaporn Leamsaard, Chananya Kanchanasaka, Kornsorn Srikulnath

published 12 May 2025

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Epidemiological, serological, and viral genomic analysis of an outbreak of elephant hemorrhagic disease in Switzerland

Mathias Ackermann, Jakub Kubacki, Sarah Heaggans, Gary S. Hayward, Julia Lechmann

published 07 Apr 2025

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