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 ...

It’s been a relatively quiet year for the northern elephant seals of Whidbey, but they’ve had many antics in the past.

There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and whiskers on an elephant trunk to catch a left-trunker pachyderm perp masquerading as a righty, thanks to a ...

Elephants use ear flaps, rumbles, trunk reaches and other forms of communication to greet peers, new research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...