Now, new research suggests African savannah elephants do the same. These massive mammals greet each other with a mix of gestures and sounds—by flapping their ears, making rumbling noises ...
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 ...
(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 ...
In a new study, a computer model was able to identify the recipient of an elephant's call more than a quarter of the time, ...
People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag," "hola," "konnichiwa" or "g'day." They might shake hands, bump fists, make a fist-and-palm gesture or press their ...
Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers ...
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 ...
Gorongosa was devastated by years of war, but now the park, and the people around it, are getting new opportunities thanks to ...
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 communication. African ...