Elephants
This reading profile brings together 3 source-linked articles that reference elephants.
Fauna does not yet have a full sourced identification profile for this name, so this page keeps the relevant reading together without inventing missing species detail.Source-linked reading
- Field guideDo elephants have names?Machine learning applied to hundreds of elephant rumbles recorded in Kenya could predict which elephant a call was meant for, and elephants perked up when they heard calls originally addressed to them. Because the callers do not seem to imitate the receiver's voice, the labels look more like human names than like dolphin whistles.
- Field guideHow elephants communicate with infrasoundLarge vocal folds generate a low fundamental frequency plus higher harmonics. Low-frequency energy attenuates relatively slowly, so another elephant may detect a rumble beyond visual range; identity, context, habitat, wind, vegetation, and noise determine what information remains available.
- Field guideThe IUCN Red List: categories explainedThe IUCN Red List is the global standard for extinction risk. It sorts each assessed species into one of nine categories — every one a dated, evidence-based verdict in a stated geographic scope.