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African elephants use names to call each other, study suggests
CNN via AOL· 4 hours agoThe most common type of elephant call is a rumble, of which there are three sub-categories....
Like people, elephants call each other by name
The Economist· 3 hours agoThe latest example of this erosion, described this week by Michael Pardo and his colleagues in a paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution, concerns...
African elephants call each other by unique names, new study shows
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 hour agoIn this undated photo, an African elephant matriarch leads her calf away from danger in northern Kenya. A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution demonstrates that elephants ...
...Cell in Your Body Could Be Conscious, Scientists Say. That Could Rewrite Everything We Know About...
Popular Mechanics· 34 minutes agoYour body’s cells perform incredible feats of communication and cooperation like this right from the...
Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them
NPR· 5 hours agoThat’s according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, which was inspired by earlier work showing that bottlenose dolphins have signature whistles ...
How animals adapt to cope with stronger heatwaves
EarthSky· 3 days agoOther species are at the mercy of the elements and must rely on the adaptations they have inherited over millions of years of evolution to survive. As...
Every Elephant Has Its Own Name, Study Suggests
New York Times· 5 hours agoAn analysis of elephant calls using an artificial intelligence tool suggests that the animals may use and respond to individualized rumbles. Now,...
Elephants Have Names for Each Other, Study Finds
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoElephants responded less enthusiastically to the sound of other names. The use of names is rare in the animal kingdom, and it typically works by...
Study shows elephants might call each other by name
Reuters via Yahoo News· 40 minutes agoOver the years, researchers who study elephants have noticed an intriguing phenomenon. A new study involving wild African savannah elephants in Kenya...
Elephants Call Their Relatives by Name across the Savanna
Scientific American· 5 hours agoHumans have a long history of inventing names for elephants. There is Disney’s Dumbo, of course, and...