Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.

Research on the rumbles of wild elephants suggest that these animals address each other with unique, name-like vocalizations. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 10, 2024.) Some wild African ...

WASHINGTON — African elephants call each other and respond to individual names — something that few wild animals do, according to new research published Monday. The names are one part of elephants’ ...

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Wild elephants seem to address each other using distinctive, rumbling sounds that could be akin to individual names. That's according to a provocative new study in the journal Nature Ecology & ...