Elephants are fascinating animals, and their trunks are even more impressive once you realize everything they can do. This long, flexible combination of nose and upper lip has over 40,000 muscles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baby elephants are great at making playtime fun. They’re a lot like human toddlers—they love to get dirty, splash in puddles, and ...

Installation view of The Secret World of Elephants at the American Museum of Natural History showing how elephants' ears cool them. (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Until I ...

The award-winning documentary film “A Life Among Elephants,” which chronicles the journey of Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the world’s foremost elephant scientist, will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, May 5, ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), reveals the secret to the ...

It was a protective circle that became an instant hit. Taught folks a bit about elephant behavior, sure. But also taught people that they could take a lesson from elephants. Video from the San Diego ...

Baby elephants are great at making playtime fun. They’re a lot like human toddlers—they love to get dirty, splash in puddles, and turn any stick they find into the perfect toy. These giant, majestic ...