Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery, reported in today's ...

Elephants may use 'names' to address each other, new research suggests. Scientists found that wild African savanna elephants use specific vocal calls, rather than imitation, to signal individuals.

A fascinating new insight into elephant communication has been uncovered, with researchers finding that a group of males will harmonize a rumbling sound, from one to the next, to signal that it's time ...

Elephants have an unusual ability to mimic and learn new sounds which scientists believe they use as a form of acoustic communication. Birds, bats, primates and marine mammals do it but Joyce Poole, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Back in 2014 Finnish voice artist and creative director Rudi Rok made a video showcasing his ability to rattle off 30 unique animal sounds. The brief video went massively viral—it has about 16.2 ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...