Elephant trunks may be one of the most sensitive body parts in the animal kingdom. Michael Brecht at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin and his colleagues dissected the ...

Elephants are pretty amazing, aren’t they? Aside from their famously impressive memory, the highly social animals can also communicate using a pitch we humans can’t hear. The world’s largest land ...

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 folds on an elephant’s facial appendage aren’t just for show. By Richard Sima The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a ...

African savanna elephants have about 63,000 neurons in the part of their brain that controls facial movement. Humans only have about 8,000 to 9,000. Aleix Planas Saborit / 500px via Getty Images ...

A heartwarming video of an elephant peacefully taking a nap while gently holding her own trunk is winning hearts across the internet. Shared by the Instagram account ‘Elephant Nature Park’, the ...

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 ...