Humans and elephants have a surprising number of traits in common. These animals are highly intelligent and emotional, feeling many of the same emotions as we do. They’re among the world’s most ...

When we say elephant and crocodile, it seems odd that we could put them in the same sentence. After all, crocodiles are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful ...

The poor baby.

Long’uro struggles to connect with other elephants after losing his trunk as a baby. Play is how young elephants build bonds, ...

Early elephants looked nothing like the animals we recognize today, with some species possessing tusks that extended from their lower jaws instead of the upper ones. These structures were not just for ...

Elephants are fascinating animals, and their trunks are even more impressive once you realize everything they can do. This long, flexible combination of nose and upper lip has over 40,000 muscles ...

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 ...