According to Cynthia Moss, a well known researcher, these allomothers will help in all aspects of raising the calf.

Ms. Lanham is a self-taught naturalist, as is another winner, Cynthia Moss, who has become one of the world's primary authorities on elephants.

Cynthia Moss and Katy Payne explain some of the habits of elephants.

Echo was named after the radio collar that Cynthia Moss fitted her with in 1973, the year Moss began tracking her.

Cynthia Moss, an ethologist specialising in elephants, recalls an event involving a family of African elephants.

Cynthia Moss has observed a mother, after the death of her calf, walk sluggishly at the back of a family for many days.

Nor did Cynthia Moss see the need for a total ban.

In Amboseli National Park, where Cynthia Moss does her research, there are only 800 elephants, but that is more than the park can handle.

Soila is in day-to-day charge of the famous elephant research project set up by Cynthia Moss, which has been studying the Amboseli elephants since 1972.

By Cynthia Moss.