This elephant’s behavior is adorable, and it’s also very typical. Baby elephants are known to suck on their trunks for a variety of reasons. The most common reason is comfort while they learn to use ...

A heartwarming video of a baby elephant hugging two humans has captured the internet's attention, quickly going viral. The tender moment, showcasing the calf's playful interaction and gentle affection ...

What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

A heartwarming video showed an elephant gently wrapping its trunk around a caretaker’s head as she sang a lullaby. Elephants, renowned for their intelligence, deep emotional bonds, and gentle nature, ...

A sweet video is going viral. It shows an elephant named Malai Thong napping at Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. The elephant is seen holding her trunk. The sanctuary rescues and cares for elephants.

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 ...

A heroic elephant acted quickly to save the life of a drowning gazelle at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. The gazelle was unable to escape a body of water in the middle of the enclosure. When its ...

There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and whiskers on an elephant trunk to catch a left-trunker pachyderm perp masquerading as a righty, thanks to a ...

Tula-Tu becomes more and more elephant-like every day. Sure, she’s still pretty tiny — for an Asian elephant calf, at least (At just over 1 month old, she now weighs 287 pounds. When she was born, she ...