The middle looked cinched.Sure enough, a poacher’s wire snare was wrapped tightly around the poor calf’s trunk. An elephant calf this young relies on her mother for everything — and elephant mothers ...

Designers are now making versatile swim trunks in natural fabrics: cotton, linen, even wool. We dove in to test six…with ...

Elephants, the gentle giants of the animal kingdom, are far more complex and fascinating than what most school textbooks reveal. While you might have learned basic facts about their size and trunks in ...

An elephant’s trunk serves a lot of important purposes: eating, drinking, and communication are some of the most common uses for trunks.

The elephant trunk plays a critical role in communication. While people assume the trumpet-like noises that we hear from their trunks are their means of communication, that is usually not the case.

Placing an elephant murti with an uplifted trunk near an entrance or in a living room is said to bring auspicious energy, welcoming guests and prosperity alike.

The Elephant Project directly supports the Elephant Nature Park by donating all net proceeds from the “Kiki + Tembo Trunks Up” Bundle to the sanctuary. These funds will contribute to Lek’s ...

A bump in the elephant brain stem pointed scientists to the wrinkles on their trunks and the role those folds play in the animal’s life.

Elephant trunks, more sci-fi face-tentacle than ho-hum mammal nose, are getting new scrutiny as researchers explore how the wrinkles grow.