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 ...

A young elephant managed to get itself stuck between two tree stumps at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. But the rescue did not go as smoothly as anticipated.

Drunk Elephant Trunk 8.0 If $600 for a suitcase full of skincare seems excessive, you're not alone in thinking that. So we got a trunk and put every product to the test.

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.

The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

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 ...

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.

$20 million Broadway musical announces abrupt closing after Tony Awards shutout and mixed reviews Watch quick-thinking elephant rescue drowning gazelle with its trunk Costco members in higher ...

When an elephant elongates its trunk, the upper skin stretches more than the skin on the underside. Green crosses represent initial positions on the skin.

How an Elephant’s Wrinkles Reveal Whether It Is Right- or Left-Trunked A new study sheds light on the muscular, dexterous appendage, suggesting trunk wrinkles are more important than many people ...

An elephant at a German zoo likes to peel her banana with her trunk — a trick so unusual that she's become the subject of a scientific study. You could say researchers "went bananas" over Pang ...

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 ...