The Wildlife Tracking Center is not your traditional looking research laboratory.  It’s filled with fun chairs, plush toys, and lots of hi-tech equipment. Our mission is to provide guests of all ages with a fun, interactive, first-hand experience with cutting edge conservation research projects as they are being performed. In addition to the various areas in the lab, guests can observe the Elephant Communication Team analyzing audio and video recordings from our elephant herd, and participate in interactive experiences that introduce them to ideas about wildlife conservation.

Anne Savage, Ph.D.
Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Senior Conservation Biologist
Leader of the Wildlife Tracking Center Scientific Programs and Operations

Tracy Blowers , M.S.
Biology, University of Central Florida
Research Fellow
Elephant Communication Team

Elephant Management Team:

John Lehnhardt, Animal Operations Director
Matt Hohne, Curator
Jeff Bolling, Assistant Curator
Stephen Eisele, Zoological Manager
Ike Leonard, Zoological Manager

Collaborators:

Catharine Wheaton, Ph.D., Endocrinologist, Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Brian Walters, B.S., Engineer, Walt Disney World Ride and Show Engineering

Mike Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Speech and Signal Processing Laboratory, Marquette University

To learn more about Elephant Communication please visit the links below:

History
Read more about the history of elephant communication research at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Discoveries
African elephant vocalizations
and behavior