Newsletter

  • February 2013 – Living with sound

    ELP’s founder, Katy Payne reflects in a beautiful essay on how sound has threaded her life, from music to whales to elephants.

    February 10, 2013
  • April 2013 – Trouble in the Central African Republic

    The C.A.R has undergone a series of dramatic, violent political uprisings in recent months. A rebel group has overthown the leadership of President Gen. Francois Bozize. Andrea stayed at Dzanga Bai as long as she could, but finally decided it…

    April 10, 2013
  • August 2013 – A summer of elephants

    ELP was busy this summer: Peter went to Cameroon to set up recorders, Andrea worked with Peter on her data from Dzanga while monitoring the situation in C.A.R., and we had two high-school volunteers Maya and Jonathan (pictured here) who…

    August 10, 2013
  • December 2013 – Rumbling in two voices

    A fascinating study showing that elephants can produce rumbles from their mouths and from their trunks

    December 10, 2013
  • June 2014 – Diving elephants

    We had two fantastic students from a local high school working with us all year as part of their study program. They investigated how elephant activity varied seasonally at a river where the elephants dive for minerals! Out of the…

    June 10, 2014
  • December 2014 – Wrapping an elephant year

    Andrea finally returned to Dzanga to an enthusiastic welcome from the locals

    December 6, 2014
  • January 2015 – New Year Wishes

    Celebrate Andrea’s return to Dzanga and increasing commitments around the world to helping Forest Elephants

    January 8, 2015
  • February 2015 – Valentine at three

    Valentine was born on February 15 2012 (in the thermal image he was only 9 hours old, in the larger image nearly 2 yrs old), and has thankfully come through the chaos of the last two years that has swept…

    February 14, 2015
  • March 2015 – Renewal at Dzanga

    With five months behind her, Andrea has managed to get her camp functional again. It continues to be a struggle, and tragically, logging has started nearby. But the elephants are well for now and Andrea’s seen 20 new infants. See…

    March 7, 2015