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To browse or graze: New study challenges assumptions about Asian elephant nutrition
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To browse or graze: New study challenges assumptions about Asian elephant nutrition
Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Bengaluru 5 Dec 2025 For decades, conservationists and biologists have operated under a specific assumption about the Asian elephant's diet, one of the planet’s most charismatic megaherbivores. The prevailing theory held that browsing, or eating leaves, bark, and stems of woody plants, was nutritionally superior to grazing on grass, particularly for protein intake essential for growth. However, a new study has ch…
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