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 ...

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If you want to hear elephants gossip about each other in Kenya, you can either travel south to the Amboseli National Park or explore the greater Samburu ecosystem in the north. In both areas, you will ...

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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 ...