Wild African elephants may address each other using individualized calls that resemble the personal names used by humans, a new study suggests. While dolphins are known to call one another by ...

Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) Some wild African ...

According to a new study published on Monday, June 10, African elephants refer to one another with "individually specific calls" Getty Humans aren't the only animals to use names. According to a new ...

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of elephants' ...

For years, scientists have observed elephants' high levels of intelligence when it comes to herd activity. A new potentially groundbreaking study shows just how smart they might actually be. The ...

Elephants have names for each other - just like people do, reveals new research. Scientists discovered that the giant pachyderms address each other in the wild with name-like calls - a rare ability ...

Some wild African elephants have names given to them by researchers - names like Margaret, Marie and Desert Rose. Researchers have been asking whether these elephants also have elephant names, names ...

Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That's according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...

Forget names like "Dumbo"—wild elephants appear to have their own unique names that other elephants use while talking to them in low rumbles. Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to ...

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Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All... Wild elephants may have names that other elephants ...