Did you know that October 24th was #WorldFishMigrationDay? Learn more about the importance of fish migration for biodiversity: bit.ly/3lJs750, and follow a workshop focused on Africa: bit.ly/3lDXg9K World Fish Migration Day Pic: the Motaba river #Congo ©JP.Sagette WCS

Happy #Batweek! We celebrate #bats, in all their diversity, and what they bring to #ecosystems. Here are singing fruit bats from #LacTele, by @ben_j_evans. Learn more about bats on wcsbats.ca, WCS program dedicated to bats #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Congo

My TEDx talk on how conservation is critical to stop future COVID 19 like disease emergence is posted! Take a look: youtube.com/watch?v=7H5O1a…

Thank you Mongabay for a fantastic and richly detailed article on our recent paper - "With a drastic decline in tropical fruit, Gabon’s rainforest mega-gardeners go hungry" news.mongabay.com/2020/10/with-a…

Much like humans, elephants continue to display some of the same behaviors they learned & enjoyed during childhood well into adulthood! Watch below as two calves enjoy playing around with their resourceful noodles & two grown elephants do the same #elephants #babyanimal #trunking

Counting #elephants can be hard! With >100 elephants at #DzangaBai some nights, counting can get pretty chaotic as the elephants move about, negotiating over pits and trying to keep track of family members. Here’s a thermal camera time-lapse of just 10 minutes at this busy bai!

#DYK: Cornell Lab’s Center for Conservation Bioacoustics conducts a range of terrestrial, aquatic & marine bioacoustics research - including, seals, whales & elephants - to inform conservation efforts? #WorldWildlifeDay @listenforwhales 📸:Anahita Verahrami (she/her) birds.cornell.edu/ccb/

#TheElephantEthogram describes over 500 behaviors - this is an example of a Nasal-Throb: a throbbing or fluttering movement in the forehead of an elephant at the position where the nasal passages enter the skull which occurs when air is pulsating through the nasal passages.

This is an example of Tail-Swatting: Two males are Standing by our car studying us and interacting in a playful way with one another and Leaning against one another. In this clip the male in front Tail-Swats the male behind, who gently Tusks him. #TheElephantEthogram

Our new research shows how humans impact older and younger elephants differently, and how that affects when #elephant populations grow or decline. The work compiles two decades of data from following known individuals in Samburu #Kenya. Open access link: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

"Despite elephants being the largest animals on land, I have always marveled at how effortlessly and silently they are able to move through the forest." For #WorldElephantDay, a special Instagram takeover with Sean Brogan of WCS Congo. Check out our page.

Happy #WorldElephantDay2021 🐘Share EAVESDROPPING ON ELEPHANTS with the elephant lover in your life. ❤️Buy here: amzn.to/3jLAmhs ELEPHANATICS Elephant Listening Project @ The Cornell Lab Elephant Family Save the Elephants The Elephant Sanctuary Global Sanctuary for Elephants Sheldrick Wildlife Trust ElephantVoices Tusk

The Goal: Further our understanding of communication between African Forest #Elephants🌴🐘 The Players: plenty of elephants, Anahita Verahrami (she/her) + fellow Elephant Listening Project @ The Cornell Lab researchers, local CAF volunteers/experts & TruPulse® laser rangefinders🧐 The story: tinyurl.com/2p8r3824

With 50 hidden microphones in the rainforest of the #RepublicOfCongo, Elephant Listening Project @ The Cornell Lab has been eavesdropping on the resident #elephants—and then found a way to help other #conservation teams. ow.ly/5lPL50Hs5LO #Africa #animals #science #MIP2021

Healthy forests can be sustainably productive. Through non-linear harvesting and controlled hunting, forests can provide abundance, and intact national parks can become a major tourism asset, providing long-term income to nearby communities.#InternationalForestDay

New position open with WWF at our Dzanga Bai Forest Elephant Project in the Central African Republic. ngojobsinafrica.com/job/technical-…