This book is the summation of what's been learned from the Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) - the longest continuously running elephant research project in the world.
In this book, she shares a more up-close and personal perspective, chronicling the lives of the elephant families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless, including a rare look at calves and their development.
From The National Audubon Society, an internationally known organization working on behalf of environmental and wildlife conservation causes, comes this exquisite photographic essay on the African elephant.
... Amboseli's conservation history was de- scribed in chapter 3. Over the years , despite its small size , Amboseli has come to be one of the top three most visited parks in the Kenya national parks system , along with Na- kuru and Tsavo ...
Resonant with the powerful calls of the mysterious elephant, this is a story about the resilience of nature and the inspiring, astonishing, and often heartbreaking places where humans and wild animals come together.
This is a selection of his best photographs taken during that period showing all the facets of the elephant life and family, from the African bull in must and the matriarchal family down to the tiniest new born elephant.
The author took an imaginative leap to discover infrasonic communication among elephants.