Elephants are the largest land animals, only outsized by giants of the sea such as whales. Their large stature makes them a sight to behold, which is one of the reasons people around the world love ...

Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It sounds like the start of one of Aesop’s fables. But in a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers offer up some answers. This all ...

Humans are the only mammals that have hair on their heads but very little hair on the rest of their bodies. Three reasons humans have hair may be to protect our heads from the sun, to keep our heads ...