Elephant books in Science Books

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The author of <IT>The Museum of Hoaxes<RO> offers a hilarious odyssey into the world of bizarre, outrageous, and provocative scientific experiments that seek to determine what happens to an elephant that is given a dose of LSD, would the average dog summon help in an emergency, can life really be restored to the dead, and more. Original.

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Briefly describes how elephants reproduce and mature.

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In Africa, naturalist Dr. Daniel Armstrong and anthropologist Kelly Kinnear fight a battle against terrifying adversaries--the powerful individuals and conglomerates who would wipe out an entire race of human beings to satisfy their insatiable lust for elephant's ivory.

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An introduction to elephants, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

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Describes the birth of a baby elephant at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo and the first months of her life there.

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Photographs and simple text introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of elephants, one of many animals kept in zoos.

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A young girl imagines what it would be like to have a tongue like a snapping turtle, feet like a fly, a tail like a lizard, or cheeks like a chipmunk, but is reassured in the knowledge that being herself has wonderful advantages.

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Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat loss have reduced elephant numbers from more than ten million to a few hundred thousand, leaving orphans bereft of the elders who would normally mentor them. As a consequence, traumatized elephants have become aggressive against people, other animals, and even one another; their behavior is comparable to that of humans who have experienced genocide, other types of violence, and social collapse. By exploring the elephant mind and experience in the wild and in captivity, Bradshaw bears witness to the breakdown of ancient elephant cultures.

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An introduction to elephants, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.

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Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, and behavior of elephants living in Africa.

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Showcases the development and growth of a baby elephant at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, discussing the zookeeper's role in the life and the natural habitat, foods, and life cycle of the animal.

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The Asian elephant has had a unique cultural association with people. Unfortunately, elephants and people have also been in conflict, resulting in the decline in elephants throughout their former range in Southern Asia. This book provides an ecological analysis of elephant human interaction and its implications for the conservation of elephants. The foraging habits of elephants and their impact on vegetation are considered, along with the interactions that occur between elephants and humans. The ecological data provide the basis for recommendations on elephant conservation and management, keeping in view the socio-economic imperatives of the Asian region.This first comprehensive account of Asian elephant ecology will be of particular interest to conservation biologists and mammalogists.

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The purpose of this book is to examine the ecology and behavior of modern elephants to create models for reconstructing the lives and deaths of extinct mammoths and mastodonts.

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In a photographic board book featuring real animals at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park, Elephant spends the day swimming, playing, and eating pumpkins, always staying close to his mother.

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