Elephants are highly intelligent, social creatures that live in “fission-fusion societies,” meaning they regularly split up—then later reunite—as they roam around their environment.
Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests. When elephants reunite with friends, they greet each other with ear flaps ...
Doma (male) and Kariba (female) greeting. Source: Vesta Eleuteri, used with permission. Like other species that live in multi-level societies, African savannah elephants regularly separate and ...
Scientists have discovered the strange way that African elephants like to communicate with each other: by defecating. The new study, published in Communications Biology by researchers at the ...
Their interactions appear more nuanced than once believed. How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships ...
Elephants are gentle creatures that captivate our hearts and imaginations. There are three elephant species on the Earth today—African savanna elephants, African forest elephants, and Asian ...
African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) are the world's largest living land-based animals, reaching a height between 10 and 13 feet (roughly 3 to 4 meters) and weighing between 4 to 7 tons.
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New research explores how African savannah elephants use vocalizations, gestures and secretions when they meet up with companions Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent When humans meet up with a ...