Herd Huddle Print

It’s easy to see photographer David Lloyd’s fine-art style in this stunning black and white image. It’s of a group of adult elephants protectively encircling their young as David approached from a distance in Kaziranga National Park, India.

Older female Asian elephants bring crucial experience to multiple generations in their group. Studies have found that the presence of a grandmother cuts the mortality risk to calves born to young mothers by about eightfold.