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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image via Shutterstock/Jeremy Richards (Image via Shutterstock/Jeremy Richards) Just like human babies and toddlers, young ...

A bull elephant in South Africa’s MalaMala Game Reserve used its powerful trunk recently to compress and spray water as a fine mist directed toward safari guests. “This bull tricks us with a water ...

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 ...

Just like human babies and toddlers, young animals learn by watching those around them. If you’ve ever seen a baby try to stand on wobbly legs or figure out how to hold a spoon, you know how much ...