Difference Between African and Asian Trunks African elephants and Asian elephants are two separate species. As such, they have a number of key differences between their trunks.

Not so long ago, the trumpeting of elephants could be heard across a great deal of our planet. Wrinkly-skinned giants did not ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: What if you could use your nose to snorkel, or uproot a small tree, or smell water from several miles away? Well, elephants wouldn't be that ...

The elephants trunk is their nose, it's extra long and has many purposes such as: drinking, reaching for food, breathing, and they even use it as snorkel when swimming. There are three species of ...

This elephant’s behavior is adorable, and it’s also very typical. Baby elephants are known to suck on their trunks for a variety of reasons. The most common reason is comfort while they learn ...

This story appears in the September 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Along the northern rim of Kenya's Nairobi National Park, a mysterious array of brightly colored wool blankets can be ...