The Central African Republic is the setting for the latest installment in the "Wild Sounds" series. Katy Payne is a biologist at Cornell University who has spent more than two decades interpreting the ...

Communication is crucial for elephants that live in complex multi-tiered social systems. Apart from their iconic trumpets uttered through the trunk, Asian elephants also produce species-specific ...

The natural world is abuzz with the sound of animals communicating — crickets, birds, even grunting fish. But scientists learning to decode these sounds say the secret signals of African elephants — ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo’s baby elephant is showing off her adorable trumpeting sounds as she greets another member of the Elephant Lands this week, resident Asian elephant Sung-Surin. Mother ...

Wild Asian elephants slink quietly away at the sound of a growling tiger, but trumpet and growl before retreating from leopard growls, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found.

A heartwarming video of two elephants wading and playing through a river is winning over the internet, not just for their playful movements but for the joyous trumpet-like sounds they make. The video, ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with researcher Joyce Poole about the release of her African Elephant Ethogram —the most comprehensive audiovisual library ever made of African elephant behavior. Here ...

There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimpanzees. Scientists have now learned that elephants, some of the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror, call ...

A heartwarming video of two elephants enjoying a river in Thailand is capturing hearts online. Posted by Lek Chailert, founder of Save Elephant Foundation, the clip features the elephants splashing ...

The trumpeting roar of an elephant is loud. But scientists living with herds in the forests of central Africa say the deep rumbles that humans... To Decode Elephant Conversation, You Must Feel The ...