Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectGunshot detector — tracking audio signals through the forests of AfricaElephant Listening Project (ELP)’s acoustic recording units are being used to collect vast amounts of audio data from the forests of Gabon…Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectELP’s Latest MissionThe Elephant Listening Project (ELP) is spearheading the largest ever acoustic monitoring project of a terrestrial environment. ELP…Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017
Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectDiverting Elephants with BeehivesAs the human population increases, elephant crop-raids on farms become more frequent and damaging. To protect their crops, their means of…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectSolving Peto’s Paradox with Elephant Cancer ResistanceWhy aren’t large and long-lived animals plagued with cancer? Large animals have many more cells, so if each cell had an equal chance of…May 8, 2017May 8, 2017
Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectGardeners of the ForestAs the most frugivorous (fruit eating) of the elephants, the forest elephant plays a key gardening role by dispersing seeds it consumes.Apr 10, 20171Apr 10, 20171
Chris UmekiinElephant Listening ProjectChina Bans IvoryELP director Peter Wrege comments on the implications of China’s recent ban on domestic ivory trade.Feb 26, 20171Feb 26, 20171