First, the African forest elephant, a third species, wasn’t included in the analysis. She says those animals would have provided another point of reference for the development and use of the trunk.

With a mix of flexibility and power, an elephant can peel a banana or pick up a tortilla chip without breaking it, though not the way human fingers would (SN: 4/21/23). The chip lift, for instance ...

The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a virtually infinite number of directions and is capable of performing an array ...

At the trunk’s tip, African elephant have two fingers while Asian elephants have one. The dexterity of the fingers allows an elephant the ability to do things like deftly pick up a single blade ...

Wrinkles can even reveal whether an individual elephant prefers to bend its trunk to the right or the left, according to the new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science on Wednesday.

After measuring how quickly the elephant could use its trunk to suck up water, the researchers calculated that elephant noses could inhale at speeds exceeding 490 feet per second, ...

When we pick up a dumbbell, for example, our bicep pulls on our forearm 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 ...

Cute Photo: Baby Elephant Turns Up Her Trunk with a Smile. The 1-month-old elephant stepped out with her mom, Johti. By People Staff. Published on May 31, 2011 08:00PM EDT.

Elephant Turns Up Her Trunk at Treadmill Work Maggie the elephant lives in solitude at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, where she doesn't get outside much because of the cold climate.