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 ...

You might be surprised to learn that a baby elephant doesn’t instinctively know how to use its trunk. When they are born, they lack muscle tone in their trunks, which makes them difficult to control, ...

Understanding how elephants use their trunks to pick up small objects could lead to robots designed with flexible hands or grippers, according to a new study that includes Rochester Institute of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If I could have any pet in the world, I would have an elephant. Well, several, because they like to be together, but I would have ...

Elephants are vital to ecosystems. Learn interesting facts and how WWF works to protect them across Africa and Asia.

Many human inventions are based on things found in nature. Velcro was inspired by the burrs a Swiss engineer found on himself and his dog, airplane wings by birds in flight. A new study of elephant ...

Animals come in all different shapes and sizes, each using various means to get their next meal. Elephants are a prime ...

Yes it is true, elephant calves do suck their trunks, says elephant expert Kate Evans . As in all young mammals, an elephant calf's sucking reflex - prompting it to drink from its mother's breast - is ...

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Juana Summers. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: I'm Scott Detrow, and I am joined by Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's science podcast Short Wave for our ...

Elephants may look powerful, yet they can be taken out by many of the same health challenges as other mammals. They can ...