What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

A baby elephant surprised a couple by hugging the man in an open field. A video of the moment has gone viral on social media.

CREATE EPFL CC BY SA 4.0/Cover Images Researchers at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) have created a robot ...

Elephants are strong enough to knock over trees. But why do they do it, and how does it benefit the ecosystem?

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 ...

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!

I'm Madeleine Brand. Coming up, fans of Ghana's soccer team bring their World Cup fever to southern California. But first, at the Alaska Zoo, Maggie the elephant isn't really that into sports.

The elephant is also picky about her bananas. She tosses away overripe bananas and eats underripe bananas whole like most elephants, but only seems to peel the perfectly brown-speckled ones.