Elephant trunks are some of the most impressive noses in the animal kingdom. Trunks are organs called muscular hydrostats and they contain around 40,000 muscles that contract and expand to create ...

Elephants are the largest land animals, only outsized by giants of the sea such as whales. Their large stature makes them a ...

Elephants are among the largest mammals on Earth. They are loved by many for their intelligence and varied personalities.

Amazing secrets of the excellent elephant trunk revealed! We may take the trunk of an elephant for granted, so accustomed are we to seeing these iconic animals with their long agile noses arching with ...

There are fears for a baby elephant spotted walking in the wild without a trunk. The calf was filmed among a herd of adults in South Africa’s Kruger National Park missing its vital appendage.

Elephants are the largest land mammals on Earth, and understanding them better could lead to some incredibly large breakthroughs in science.Researchers backed by the European Union's Horizon 2020 ...