the researchers noticed “weird asymmetries popping up everywhere, like things were different on the top and the bottom,” Mr. Schulz said. As the elephant trunk elongated, the outward-facing ...

On average, the trunk of an African elephant can reach up to 7 feet. Asian elephant’s trunks can reach lengths of up to 6 feet. Elephants can lift 4.5% of their weight using their trunk.

Rather like people grabbing a pen with the preferred hand, an individual elephant tends to bend its trunk toward the left or right when curling it to scoop up a fruit or other object of desire.

Well, it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Proboscideans first started popping up in Africa during the early Eocene, around 55 million ...

A. “Here come the blueberries,” because she is color blind. Q. Why do elephants wear sneakers? A. To creep up on mice. Q. Why do elephants wear green sneakers? A. To hide in the tall grass.