Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (COLORADO) — Colorado State University (CSU) scientists have discovered a way in which elephants are just like people; they call ...

Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery, reported in today's ...

It turns out that humans might not be the only species that have individualized identifiers for each other. A new study found that African savanna elephants, an endangered species, have name-like ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

There are some highly intelligent animals out there, like dolphins and chimpanzees. Scientists have now learned that elephants, some of the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror, call ...

When scientists study elephant communications, they often focus on females, and for seemingly good reason: Previous research had found that only females were socially integrated enough for individual ...

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