Elephant trunks are some of the most impressive noses in the animal kingdom. Trunks are organs called muscular hydrostats and they contain around 40,000 muscles that contract and expand to create ...

One of the most recognizable features of an elephant is its trunk – the long appendage that extends out from the animal’s face. Elephants use it for a variety of activities, including drinking, eating ...

Good news! A tiny trunk could be making its debut soon at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in D.C., where an Asian elephant is ...

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 ...

Nandi the baby elephant started life with a spaghetti noodle of a nose, but her mom is teaching the calf that her trunk can be so much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

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 ...

An Indian boy with a trunk-like nose who was found begging has smiled for the first time after undergoing life-saving reconstructive surgery. Ganesh was found by police roaming aimlessly in a village ...

Elephants' trunks are even longer than they seem. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. AUSTIN, Texas — The marvel that is the elephant ...

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 ...