Song of the Lost Clan Information and Resources on the Young Adult Novel

The Secret Language of Elephants

07.09.2010 · Posted in Elephant Facts and News, Facts

60 Minutes Presents: Into The Wild The second segment is on the study of elephant language. Andrea Turkalo has been studying central African forest elephants in the Dzanga Baï clearing for 19 years. She’s identified a link between their complex vocalizations and their actions, working with scientists at Cornell University, they’re trying o compile an elephant ...

Song of the Lost Clan at the Columbia Festival of the Arts Literary Weekend

06.15.2010 · Posted in Writing/Publishing News

I had a great time reading Chapter 1 from Song of the Lost Clan at the Columbia Festival of the Arts, June 12, 2010. I was the first to read at the HoCoPoLitSo tent, which they graciously shared with the Maryland Writer’s Association. I caught a lot of people returning from the kinetic sculpture parade, ...

Mounting Elephant-Human Tension in Kenya

05.18.2010 · Posted in Elephant Facts and News, Facts, News

This report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “Driving Elephants Back into Tsavo National Park – Reducing Human-Elephant Conflicts in Taita” illustrates the mounting tension between humans and elephants. As elephant populations recover, bands of stray elephants are ranging outside Kenya’s Tsavo National Park and the neighboring community wildlife conservancies, destroying human settlements. Elephant are ...