That’s the kind of future envisioned by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). They have built a peculiar robotic ...

Well, it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Proboscideans first started popping up in Africa during the early Eocene, around 55 million years ago.

Using its trunk, the elephant first tried to pull the gazelle up of the water, but its struggles caused the elephant to lose ...

D. bozasi went extinct around a million years ago. By the time modern humans began spreading around the world some 130,000 years ago, there were only 15 species of proboscideans still alive.

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.

A Trunk Full of Comfort 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 moment a baby elephant is born, it is essential for it to learn how to walk and use its trunk. Elephant mum Cyclone has ...

A prominent area of IC 1396 contains the so-called Elephant Trunk Nebula, ... B162, B163, and B365; the associated cluster Trumpler 37, which is about 4 million years old; ...

PBS Eons. How The Elephant Got Its Trunk. Posted: October 10, 2024 | Last updated: June 15, 2025 ...

In a moment captured on video, a mother elephant appeared to express gratitude to a man who gave water to her thirsty calf — ...

Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago. ... The number of species of elephant-like animals, known as proboscideans after the Latin for trunk, ...