A Dead Elephant Keeps Reshaping Kruger’s Savanna for Nearly Eight Years, Study of 40 Death Sites Finds
Nature World News | 16.10.2026 03:45
When an elephant dies on the African savanna, its body disappears within weeks, but the patch of ground it leaves behind can stay changed for years. A new study of 40 elephant death sites in South Africa's Kruger National Park found that soil chemistry, plant life and grazing patterns remained altered at sites up to nearly eight years old.
