When researchers set a speaker on the red dirt of Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve and pressed play, one elephant out of the ...
The African elephant population was traditionally reliant upon the ability to move around large areas in order to preserve high numbers of healthy individuals and genetic diversity. Over countless ...
Did you know that humans are not the only creatures that call each other by name? Researchers have confirmed that elephants also call out to one another using unique sounds, proving that names are not ...
With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that elephants tend to rely on acoustic and olfactory cues for communication. They use gestures and visual displays to ...
In Southern Africa, people live alongside elephants, but not always peacefully. The growing reports of human-elephant conflict have triggered calls for elephant culls in some countries, like Zimbabwe.
A continent-wide genomic study of both savanna and forest elephants in Africa has found that African elephants once roamed widely, both species exchanging genes throughout their range. However, as ...