If you were to dissect an elephant trunk, it would actually look more like the inside of your tongue than your nose. Trunks, tongues, and even octopus arms are unique organs called muscular ...

Many people see the elephant’s trunk as their nose, and in a way, it does function as one. Trunks allow air to travel in, which enables scent molecules to travel up the trunk and reach ...

If you were to dissect an elephant trunk, it would actually look more like the inside of your tongue than your nose. Trunks, tongues, and even octopus arms are unique organs called muscular ...

Big noses are often a way to compensate for poor senses elsewhere, but that’s not the case with the elephant shrew. This tiny ...

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 ...

One little elephant in particular seems curious about ... They also can sleep almost fully submerged but with their nostrils out of water. Although hippos mainly sleep in water because it ...