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.

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.

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 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.

A MAN has shared his incredible transformation after having his ‘elephant nose’ – which was ravaged by cancer – reconstructed. Peter, 74, almost lost his nose to cancer, whi… ...

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, ...

A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing helped develop their coiling and grasping trunks.

On the brand-new series The Face Doctors, grandfather Peter Dixon has complex plastic surgery to rebuild his 'elephant trunk' after he lost his nose to skin cancer ...

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.