Updated 02.10.2026
Listen to Victoria Gill speak to Sara Keen of the Earth Species Project about our latest research on elephant choruses published in the journal Scientific Reports.
If you have BBC Sounds you can listen to it here, otherwise we have included an audio version for you above.

Scientists are decoding elephant rumble calls, including ‘greetings’ and ‘coos’—hear them
Scientific American: Scientists combined a rich behavioral dataset with powerful machine learning algorithms, advancing understanding of elephant communication trying to answer the question, ‘What are the animals saying?'

Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As ethologists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with using the technology responsibly. Drs. Joyce Poole and Mickey Pardo of ElephantVoices speak to Amy Martin at The Guardian.

Elephants May Have Names, And AI is Helping Us Hear Them
Mark Derho writes about our 2024 discovery that African savannah elephants use individually specific vocal labels when addressing one another. You can access the paper via ElephantVoices Publications.

The largest video and audio library of elephant behaviors.

