Updated 09.06.2026
For 28 years Joyce Poole '74 has been watching and listening to elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.
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?'
BBC Sounds - Acoustic convergence in elephant vocal choruses
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.
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.
The largest video and audio library of elephant behaviors.