Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful pranks. A new study documents Asian elephants’ skillful use of hoses ...

In a world dominated by computer-animated projects, a new hand-drawn short packs just the kind of whimsy and classic charm viewers are craving. Trunk Troubles star Cyrano the Elephant runs into ...

A captive African elephant called Kelly has helped to shed light on one of nature’s great mysteries: how elephant trunks that can grip and carry heavy logs a metre across can also handle tiny, fragile ...

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 ...

The internet adored how an elephant softly nudged her caretaker with her trunk, asking for a lullaby to be sung just for her. Elephants have long been admired for their intelligence and profound ...

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 ...