Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That’s according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...
A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it's time ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Nelson Mandela University provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than ...
This adult elephant in Kenya was named "Desert Rose" by researchers, but does she have her own elephant name? (George Wittemyer) Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling ...
Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. "Sometimes another bottlenose dolphin will imitate somebody else's signature ...
Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) Some wild African ...
Some wild African elephants have names given to them by researchers - names like Margaret, Marie and Desert Rose. Researchers have been asking whether these elephants also have elephant names, names ...