- China’s Promise
Late in 2016 the president of China, Xi Jingping, provided a timetable of action to reduce the escalating slaughter of elephants in Africa due to demand for ivory.
March 24, 2017 - Secret Language
In 2010 the CBS 60 Minutes film crew traveled to the Central African Republic to do a story on our research into the acoustic communication of forest elephants. It was an amazing and busy week! Constant changes of plan, new…
March 22, 2017 - 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 - 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 - 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 - April 2016 – Hanging on in Africa
More good news! Last year, the Lab recieved a very generous gift that the Lab Director decided to focus on ELP and two other programs in the BioAcoustics Research Program. This enabled us to bring a fantastic new post-doc into…
April 9, 2016 - Best from fieldJanuary 14, 2016