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How elephants communicate over miles without sound

In the vast African savanna, an elephant lifts its head, pauses for a moment and begins to walk. No call, no trumpet, not ...
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Why do elephants have such big ears? It’s more than 1 reason

Elephants wear their biology in plain sight. Those sweeping ears are not a decorative afterthought but a set of oversized ...

Why do elephants have such big ears? There’s not one answer.

While real life elephants can’t fly, they certainly have enormous ears. The African elephant, for instance, has the largest ...

Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago

An international team of scientists, including the University of Wollongong (UOW), has found compelling evidence that a ...

Memphis Zoo elephant predicts the winner of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Asali, an African Elephant at the Memphis Zoo, has made her prediction for who will win the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Jan. 2.
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New research reveals elephants have been trying to communicate with us for years

Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories. But do they communicate to show real intention? A new study suggests they do. The research showed that elephants ...
The Conversation

Do elephants make deliberate gestures to ask for things? Our study says yes

Vesta Eleuteri is affiliated to the University of Vienna and receives funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the grant "DK Cognition and Communication 2": W1262-B29 (10.55776/W1262). We ...
IFLScience

Elephants Use All Kinds Of Gestures To Communicate – They Just Want Apples

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 ...
Twice

Talking to Elephants Exhibit at Biennale Architettura 2025 Illustrates Plan to Restore Elephants’ Migratory Routes in South Africa Using Infrasonic Sound

South Africa has an overpopulation of the African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) within its large, fenced conservation areas. This leads to unnatural population control, including the use of ...
EurekAlert!

Paving a path to conserving wild elephant populations

UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences’ Shermin de Silva has spent the majority of her scientific career studying elep8ghants. An assistant professor in the Department of Ecology, Behavior and ...
The Conversation

Female elephants rumble to say ‘let’s go!’ New study in Namibia shows males do too, a sign of unexpected social bonds

Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
The New York Times

Elephants Arrive, So Humans Don’t Forget

“The Great Elephant Migration,” a touring public-art exhibition that has opened in New York, not only depicts wildlife but also helps save it. By Laurel Graeber More than a century ago, New York ...