katy payne

Born: 1937

Hometown: Ithaca, NY

Education: B.A. with honors in Music

Occupation: Acoustic biologist

Expeditions: Argentina, Revillagigedos Islands, Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic

Favorite Place: Quietly deep in nature

Best Discoveries: The infrasonic communication of elephants and the changing songs of humpback whales

Favorite Items in the Field: Binoculars and a jug of water

Personal Heroes: Nelson Mandela, Jane Goodall Hobbies: Hiking, painting, singing

Website: www.elephantlisteningproject.org

Advice: The means may be likened to a seed, and the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.