In both areas, you will find herds of the African savannah elephants that — according to a new study — have become the first animals outside of humans to give each other actual names.

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.) ...

Mundi, a 42-year-old African savanna elephant who is 8 feet tall and weighs 8,000 pounds, arrived at the Refuge in southernmost Georgia in May 2023 ...

What do a wildlife conservationist, a herd of trained elephants, a jazz composer and an architect have in common? In the ...

An analysis of their vocalisations suggests that African savannah elephants invent names for each other, making them the only animals other than humans thought to do so. By Michael Le Page.

Tonka, the largest male African elephant in the U.S., died at the age of 46 at Zoo Knoxville, his caregivers said. Screengrab from Zoo Knoxville's Facebook post Weighing in at 15,000 pounds, Tonka ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tonka is Zoo Knoxville's remaining bull African Elephant and is the largest of his herd and in North America. Now, he is preparing to leave Zoo Knoxville in the coming months ...

Weighing in at 15,000 pounds, Tonka was the largest male African elephant in the U.S., according to wildlife officials. His keepers and those who got to know him at Zoo Knoxville over the years ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tonka is Zoo Knoxville's remaining bull African Elephant and is the largest of his herd and in North America. Now, he is preparing to leave Zoo Knoxville in the coming months.