How do you play a built-in trumpet? When a friend asked, “Do elephants make that trumpeting sound through their nose or mouth?” that prompted us to take a deeper look at how animals make some of their ...

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 & ...

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, ...

While dolphins and parrots have been observed addressing each other by mimicking the sound of others from their species, elephants are the first non-human animals known to use names that do not ...

Internet users adored a video of elephants playfully wading through water, with their joyful sounds described as “the best sound in the world.” A heartwarming video of two elephants wading and playing ...

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 ...

An analysis of elephant calls using an artificial intelligence tool suggests that the animals may use and respond to individualized rumbles. By Kate Golembiewski What’s in a name? It’s more than a ...

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