A male pink elephant calf with his family at Kruger National Park. Theo Potgieter/SWNS "What a pleasant surprise," the safari operator said of his experience.

WASHINGTON (AP) — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday.

Posted: Jun 10, 2024 / 11:03 AM CDT Updated: Jun 10, 2024 / 11:03 AM CDT In this undated photo, an African elephant family comforts a calf in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.

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 ...

African elephants may give each other unique names that are used by family members to have one-on-one conversations in the wild, according to new research which analysed the mammal’s ...

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 ...

Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.

An African elephant matriarch leads her calf away from danger in northern Kenya. “Just like humans, elephants use names, but probably don't use names in the majority of utterances, so we wouldn't ...

African elephants use "names" to communicate with each other in the same way that humans do, researchers have discovered. A new study, carried out by Colorado State University scientists who ...