December 2017 – Passing the BatonA distant roar echoes through the dim rainforest as I scramble along an ancient elephant path. Ahead was the reason I swapped my comfortable office at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for a basic camp without electricity and running water…
December 8, 2017- December 2018 – Happenings in elephant land
Perhaps our biggest challenge, but also incredibly exciting, is the 1250 sq km grid of acoustic units in the southern part of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, located in the Republic of Congo.
December 8, 2018 - 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 - 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 - February 2017 – China’s Promise
In a time of global uncertainty and increased tension, elephants have just been given their best chance of survival since the start of Africa’s exploitation centuries ago.
February 8, 2017 - January 2015 – New Year Wishes
Celebrate Andrea’s return to Dzanga and increasing commitments around the world to helping Forest Elephants
January 8, 2015 - 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 - 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 - May 2016 – In Praise of Mothers
Aida kept her family together for years – reassuring and helping her daughters when they gave birth to their first offspring
May 8, 2016
K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics Elephant Listening Project
