What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...
African savanna elephants communicate more like humans than previously thought, new research shows—opening up new possibilities for elephant cognition. African savanna elephants walk roam the Okavango ...
Elephant communication may more complex than we previously thought. That's because new evidence suggests that elephants likely have unique names for each other, which they use when addressing specific ...
Humans have a long history of inventing names for elephants. There is Disney’s Dumbo, of course, and Jumbo (a 19th-­century circus attraction) and the famed painting elephant Ruby from the Phoenix Zoo ...