Elephants have an amazing arsenal of face, ear and trunk movements. The trunk consists of far more muscles than the entire human body and can perform both powerful and very delicate movements. A team ...

Elephants are among the largest mammals on Earth. They are loved by many for their intelligence and varied personalities. They are easily recognized by their large bodies, huge fan-like ears, and long ...

An elephant trunk can perform a range of large and fine motor skills thanks to "fingers" at the tip of the trunk. Researchers from the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo ...

A new study suggests that an elephant's muscles aren't the only way it stretches its trunk -- its folded skin also plays an important role. The combination of muscle and skin gives the animal the ...

Elephant trunks may be one of the most sensitive body parts in the animal kingdom. Michael Brecht at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin and his colleagues dissected the ...

Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It sounds like the start of one of Aesop’s fables. But in a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers offer up some answers. This all ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

Zaiya is all of us if we suddenly woke up with a trunk in the middle of our faces. The baby elephant is so curious about hers! Video taken at the Blackpool Zoo in Lancashire, England shows the baby ...