- 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 - December 2015 – Amazing Life
In spite of the depredations inflicted on the world by our species, all of us are fortunate to live still in a world with amazing, fascinating, infinitely complex, and intrinsically beautiful organisms.
December 20, 2015 - October 2015 – Catching up with elephants and ELP
Some good news! A 7-yr young conservationist, Calib (pictured here), raised money for ELP, encouraing donations by offering his hand-made origami elephants as a thank-you gift; Andrea’s seeing plenty of elephants in Dzanga Bai (although nearby logging is a threat);…
October 8, 2015 - March 2015 – Renewal at Dzanga
With five months behind her, Andrea has managed to get her camp functional again. It continues to be a struggle, and tragically, logging has started nearby. But the elephants are well for now and Andrea’s seen 20 new infants. See…
March 7, 2015 - February 2015 – Valentine at three
Valentine was born on February 15 2012 (in the thermal image he was only 9 hours old, in the larger image nearly 2 yrs old), and has thankfully come through the chaos of the last two years that has swept…
February 14, 2015 - January 2015 – New Year Wishes
Celebrate Andrea’s return to Dzanga and increasing commitments around the world to helping Forest Elephants
January 8, 2015 - December 2014 – Wrapping an elephant year
Andrea finally returned to Dzanga to an enthusiastic welcome from the locals
December 6, 2014 - June 2014 – Diving elephants
We had two fantastic students from a local high school working with us all year as part of their study program. They investigated how elephant activity varied seasonally at a river where the elephants dive for minerals! Out of the…
June 10, 2014 - December 2013 – Rumbling in two voices
A fascinating study showing that elephants can produce rumbles from their mouths and from their trunks
December 10, 2013