Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Longevity and disease resistance in humans may soon be ...

His groundbreaking field research was instrumental in banning the international ivory trade and protecting elephants from poachers.

Hamilton, who pioneered new understandings of African elephants and made protecting the giant pachyderms a life-long passion, has died at the age of 83, his charity said ...