Elephants can make low rumbling sounds that humans cannot hear. Sound can be transmitted through air and through rock. Elephants can detect seismic (ground-transmitted) sound with fatty pads on their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories (Getty/iStock) Most of the research on elephant ...

(NEW YORK) — How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships among the social species could impact that ...

Using gestures is part of communication and language and can be found across the animal world, from fish to apes and birds. However, having more complex gestures is something that has really only been ...

“If all we could do was make noises that sounded like what we were talking about, it would vastly limit our ability to communicate,” said George Wittemyer, a professor at CSU’s Warner College of ...

African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) are the world's largest living land-based animals, reaching a height between 10 and 13 feet (roughly 3 to 4 meters) and weighing between 4 to 7 tons.

Vesta Eleuteri is affiliated to the University of Vienna and receives funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the grant "DK Cognition and Communication 2": W1262-B29 (10.55776/W1262). We ...

We wave, we hug, we shake hands, or we just say, hey. Turns out we're not the only mammals that do this. So do elephants. (SOUNDBITE OF ELEPHANTS RUMBLING) KURTZLEBEN: That is a recording of two ...

A point, a wave, a thumbs-up, or a nod of the head. Human communication is filled with nonverbal cues and gestures. Now, scientists have recorded semi-captive elephants intentionally adopting ...

Doma (male) and Kariba (female) greeting. Source: Vesta Eleuteri, used with permission. Like other species that live in multi-level societies, African savannah elephants regularly separate and reunite ...

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 ...

An elephant takes part in a test trial where the human’s body and face are directed towards the animal. Kyoto, Japan -- With their massive flapping ears and long trunks, it isn't hard to believe that ...