In 1491, a child named Iñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola was born in the Basque region of Spain. This child would later be known ...

But the determined elephant didn’t give up. Cheered on by a crowd, it eventually wrapped its trunk around the gazelle’s horn and pulled it to safety!

This explains why you can find several different elephant nose species growing and blooming together on the same mountain slope, at the same elevation but no one has found hybrids between them.

For instance, big ears, enormous feet, and long trunks are traits that make elephants special. Trunks are an especially interesting feature, as they almost act like the mouth, nose, and even hands of ...

Elephants are among the largest mammals on Earth. They are loved by many for their intelligence and varied personalities. They are easily recognized by their large bodies, huge fan-like ears, and long ...

The trunk of an elephant derives from a fusion of their nose and upper lip. Elephant biologists believe that elephants’ trunks adapted in response to the development of their tusks.

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.

How The Elephant Got Its Trunk Watch on (via PBS Eons) Long-jawed proboscideans were doing pretty well for themselves. That is, until they were all rapidly replaced with proboscideans with long, ...