After years of construction, Safari Park’s massive new elephant habitat is opening ...

Long before modern elephants roamed the savannas species like Platybelodon and Deinotherium shaped prehistoric landscapes ...

New research reveals that elephant trunk whiskers are unlike any other animal's, and could inspire a new generation of robots.

Islands often exhibit unique evolutionary patterns, with species adapting to limited resources and predator absence. Large animals may shrink (insular dwarfism), while small ones can grow larger ...

We spoke to Dr Steve Boyes about his search for what could be the world’s largest terrestrial animal.

Intelligent, tool-using, empathetic and self-aware: the distance between humans and other animals is not as great as you ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

Some animals are evolving faster than scientists previously thought possible, due to climate change. We can too.

Watching an elephant forage for roots to eat reveals just how strong yet sensitive its trunk is. An elephant’s more than 40,000 trunk muscles can upend trees and follow it up with gently collecting ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees and ...

Millions of years ago, England was a much different place than it is today. In the Late Eocene, England was rich with ...