- 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 - 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 - December 2017 – Passing the Baton
A 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 2016 – New Experiences in Congo
Peter and Daniela were surprised by a gorilla as they trecked through the forest in Congo on a recent mission to put up new recording units. They also spent a week at Dzanga Bai in Central African Republic, with Andrea….
December 10, 2016 - December 2015 – Amazing Life
In spite of the depredations inflicted on the world by our species, all of us are fortunate to live still in a world with amazing, fascinating, infinitely complex, and intrinsically beautiful organisms.
December 20, 2015 - December 2014 – Wrapping an elephant year
Andrea finally returned to Dzanga to an enthusiastic welcome from the locals
December 6, 2014 - 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 - August 2017 – Andrea’s Story
No one knows Africa’s forest elephants better than Andrea Turkalo. But poachers and a corrupt state forced the researcher to say goodbye to her beloved animals.
August 8, 2017 - 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