All posts tagged East Africa

Joyce Poole, Elephant Expert Extraordinaire

Joyce Poole–co-founder of ElephantVoices and considered one of the world’s foremost elephant experts–discusses some of her pioneering work in the realm of elephant communication, including identifying and decoding their vocalizations; addresses some of the techniques for moving unobtrusively close to elephants over more than 30 years of studying them, often in East Africa, perhaps most notably in Amboseli National Park (which, as someone enormously passionate about elephants, I was fortunate enough to visit several years ago). Read more…