The elephant proboscis (trunk) exhibits an extraordinary kinematic versatility as it can manipulate a single blade of grass but also carry loads up to 270 kilograms. Using motion-capture technologies ...

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 ...

The elephant used its trunk to bust into a home in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India, and ransack the residence's kitchen Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and breathe. If you take a close look at the iconic appendage—an elongated nose and upper lip—you’ll see ...

An adorable 19-week-old elephant calf at an Ohio zoo is continuing to learn how to use his trunk.Frankie, the Asian elephant calf at the Columbus Zoo, is learning to use his trunk to drink water, pick ...

EU-funded researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant’s trunk – precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful enough to help lift a patient.By Michael AllenLucia Beccai, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

The hungry elephant in this clip decided to pull a "Kool-Aid Man" and bust through the wall of a home in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, India. According to NewsFlare, on June 26, an elephant ...