Joyce Poole

Joyce Poole has studied elephants and worked for their conservation and welfare since 1975. She graduated from Smith College, holds a Cambridge University PhD and was a Princeton University postdoctoral fellow. Poole is a world authority on elephant behavior and communication. Her elephant discoveries include: The phenomenon and patterns of musth; infrasonic and long-distance communication; vocal imitation; vocal and gestural repertoires. She and Petter Granli are co-authors of The Elephant Ethogram, a publicly accessible online library of African elephant behavior. Poole has published numerous popular and scientific articles, written two books, and participated in scores of elephant documentaries. Poole is a recipient of the Smith College Medal, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Horace Dutton Taft Alumni Medal. She is also Co-Founder and Scientific Director at ElephantVoices with her husband, Petter Granli.