Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. A lavishly illustrated celebration of these glorious animals — and a poignant lament for their future. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals,...
Black Cat, 2020. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-0802158475 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0802158482 (ebook). The Last Giants satisfies British explorer Levison Wood's lifelong desire to learn more about the majestic African elephant. These giants trek through some of Africa’s most magnificent landscapes as they go in search of life-giving waters and pastures. El Nino’s droughts and an...
Public Affairs, 2003. — 244 p. This concise bright biography of the African elephant - from ancient Egypt to the most recent discoveries about elephant society and communication - is also a passionate plea to preserve the species.
Harper, 2020. — 304 p. From early childhood, Dr. Hannah Mumby has loved wildlife, especially elephants. Her first wild elephant sighting at twenty-four changed the course of her life. Since then, she has devoted herself to studying these incredible animals and educating humanity about them. Hannah's field work has taken her around the world, where she has studied many elephant...
Harper, 2020. — 489 p. — ISBN: 978-0-06-298788-4. From early childhood, Dr. Hannah Mumby has loved wildlife, especially elephants. Her first wild elephant sighting at twenty-four changed the course of her life. Since then, she has devoted herself to studying these incredible animals and educating humanity about them. Hannahs's fieldwork has taken her around the world, where she...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. — 323 p. — (Conservation Science and Practice Series). — ISBN: 978-0-470-67176-4. During the nineteenth century, ivory hunting caused a substantial decrease in elephant numbers in southern Africa. Soon after that, populations of many other large and medium-sized herbivores went into steep decline due to the rinderpest pandemic in the 1890s. These two...
Free Press, 2007. — 256 p. While observing a family of elephants in the wild, Caitlin O’Connell noticed a peculiar listening behavior - the matriarch lifted her foot and scanned the horizon, causing the other elephants to follow suit, as if they could "hear" the ground. The Elephant’s Secret Sense is O’Connell’s account of her groundbreaking research into seismic listening and...
Oneworld Publications, 2007. — 256 p. While observing a family of elephants in the wild, Caitlin O’Connell noticed a peculiar listening behavior - the matriarch lifted her foot and scanned the horizon, causing the other elephants to follow suit, as if they could "hear" the ground. The Elephant’s Secret Sense is O’Connell’s account of her groundbreaking research into seismic...
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. A lavishly illustrated celebration of these glorious animals — and a poignant lament for their future. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals,...
Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals, subjected to untold cruelty at the hands of humans through the ages. In this stunningly illustrated book, Errol Fuller...
Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals, subjected to untold cruelty at the hands of humans through the ages. In this stunningly illustrated book, Errol Fuller...
Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals, subjected to untold cruelty at the hands of humans through the ages. In this stunningly illustrated book, Errol Fuller...
Princeton University Press, 2019. — 288 p. Elephants are among the most beloved of all creatures. Their behavior can seem almost human, from their complex social interactions to their need to mourn their dead. They are also among the most persecuted of animals, subjected to untold cruelty at the hands of humans through the ages. In this stunningly illustrated book, Errol Fuller...
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. — 272 p. As a child in South Africa, spending summers exploring the wild with his boyhood friends, Lyall Watson came face to face with his first elephant. This "entertaining and enchanting" work (Washington Post Book World) chronicles how Watson's fascination grew into a lifelong quest to understand the nature and behavior of this impressive...
Oxford University Press, 2003. — 496 p. — (Life Sciences). — ISBN: 978-0195107784. The Living Elephants is the authoritative resource for information on both Asian and African elephants. From the ancient origins of the proboscideans to the present-day crisis of the living elephants, this volume synthesizes the behavior, ecology and conservation of elephants, while covering also...
University of Chicago Press, 2015. — 256 p. Meet Greg. He’s a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He’s been the intimidating yet sociable don of his posse of friend — including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, Torn Trunk, and Willie. But one arid summer the tide begins to shift and the third-ranking Kevin starts to get ambitious, seeking a higher position within this social club. But...
Lyons Press, 2012. — 208 p. An Elephant’s Life provides a unique and fascinating immersion into the world of the African elephant, told by a leading field biologist who has been researching and photographing these animals in their natural habitat for nearly two decades. Here, for the first time, readers get a fuller picture of elephant society cast in a broader context,...