Newsletter
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
May 2018 – Starry nights and the Sounds of a forest
ELP's stellar team, Julie Samy and Ana Verahrami, are settling in to life working in Central Africa where they are working hard to resume the identification of individual forest elephants and record the births (and deaths) at Dzanga Bai following Andrea Turkalo's departure....
May 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 – Dzanga bai: a place of magic. ...
December 8, 2017
November 2017 – Sending the Wrong Signals
This is a sad day for elephants. Trump has announced a decision to overturn an Obama-era restriction on elephant trophy imports from Zambia and Zimbabwe....
November 8, 2017
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
April 2017 – Optimism and Vulnerability
I write to all of you this time with particularly conflicted emotions. China is actually meeting some of its stated goals to eliminate nearly all of its domestic ivory trade...
April 8, 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. Peter talks about ELP's exciting plans for the upcoming year....
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 our team and to expand our projects. Meanwhile, in Dzanga Bai, Andrea Turkalo was thrilled...
April 9, 2016