Humans and elephants have a surprising number of traits in common. These animals are highly intelligent and emotional, ...

such as lifting a blade of grass or can be used for brute strength in pushing down tress and lifting close to 350 kg (770 lb) ...

Well, elephants wouldn't be that impressed. They do it on the daily, thanks to what's inside their trunk. If you were to dissect an elephant trunk, it would actually look more like the inside of ...

Nandi the baby elephant started life with a spaghetti noodle of a nose, but her mom is teaching the calf that her trunk can be so much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

lift up our arm and bring it back down. This can be our elephant trunk. Roll the other way, gently. Lift up your trunk and bring it back down. Great elephant stretching! Let’s pretend to be a ...

and has great trunk control for such a young age. This baby’s really keeping mom on her toes.” Tula-Tu at the Oregon Zoo Attendance is up at the Oregon Zoo. Could it be the baby elephant?

Tula-Tu becomes more and more elephant-like every day. Sure, she’s still pretty tiny — for an Asian elephant calf, at least (At just over 1 month old, she now weighs 287 pounds. When she was ...