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.
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 ...
(NEW YORK) — How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships among the social species could impact that ...
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Phyllis’s work began in 1972 when she studied elephant families with an average number of seven members. Now, thanks to elephant conservation, that number has grown to 16. One family she is ...
This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 4, 2022. The original video can be viewed here. Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park was the envy of Africa. Wildlife drew tourists ...
Rite of PassageEmily McCay creates a living crown for her daughter, Camille, to use in a rite of passage ceremony organized by Red Tent Louisville. The group runs retreats to raise awareness and ...
This story appears in the April 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. All across the nation, in Americans’ backyards and garages and living rooms, in their beds and basements and bathrooms ...
NEW YORK — “I’ve been going to shows for many years, and I don’t remember being in a theater and hearing mass sniffles, or even wailing at times, as much as I have this season,” said Ben ...