The trunk of an African elephant is a remarkable and multi functional ... detecting water sources up to 19.2 km (12 mi.) away ...

People have reported that African elephants avoid land ... bones and that causes them to swing up around our elbow joint. But in an elephant trunk, there are no bones to pull and no joints to ...

Earlier this week, the Wichita, Kansas-based destination announced in a post on Facebook that four of its elephants are currently pregnant. "We're announcing some trunk ... sign up for PEOPLE's ...

A safari truck had a frightening run-in with an angry bull elephant on March 20 at Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa The elephant ... then lifting it with his trunk while the driver ...

African elephants are a matriarchal species ... An adult matriarch has fallen forward onto her chest and trunk—dangerous for an animal weighing up to 6.5 tons (6 tonnes). An elephant’s ...

This unit of three sessions imagines life at a typical waterhole in the African ... Warm up: soaring as vultures with arms outstretched. Elephants: one arm outstretched as trunk; slow plodding ...

Elephants have the longest gestation period among land mammals: it lasts from 20 to 22 months for the African elephant and can even reach up to 28 months ... water with its trunk and eat grass ...

The largest land mammal on Earth, elephants embody the African landscape. Using seasonal cues and their long-term memories, these hulking creatures travel vast distances in close-knit herds to find ...