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 ...

Elephants are highly intelligent, social creatures that live in “fission-fusion societies,” meaning they regularly split up—then later reunite—as they roam around their environment. When ...

New research explores how African savannah elephants use vocalizations, gestures and secretions when they meet up with companions Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent When humans meet up with a ...

There are so many ways to say hello. People wave, bow, shake hands, hug, kiss, fist bump, say “hi” or any combo of these. But there’s one greeting from nature that we sure hope doesn’t ...

Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests. When elephants reunite with friends, they greet each other with ear flaps ...

When elephants reunite with friends, they greet each other with ear flaps, rumbles and other deliberate sounds and gestures, new research shows. The study, which was published May 9 in the journal ...

Scientists have discovered the strange way that African elephants like to communicate with each other: by defecating. The new study, published in Communications Biology by researchers at the ...

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 communication.

Their interactions appear more nuanced than once believed. How do elephants say hello? As it happens, researchers are learning more about how the animals greet each other, and how relationships ...

(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 ...