Well, I may be reconsidering my dream of playing with elephants in ... shocked when they witnessed an enraged elephant as it grabs a man with its trunk and smashes him around.

the trunk. A new study by researchers at the Berlin Zoo and Humboldt University, Berlin, shows that elephants use their trunks in highly dexterous and creative ways to control and play with the ...

A courageous grandfather was killed while trying to protect his grandchildren from a wild animal attack, South African ...

A tourist was killed by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa's famous Kruger Park, the South African national parks agency ...

A Spanish tourist has died after an elephant forcefully knocked her over with its trunk at a popular animal sanctuary in Thailand. Blanca Ojanguren Garcia, 22, from Valladolid, was bathing an ...

This is the terrifying moment an elephant that was spooked by fireworks trampled five festival-goers in Thailand. The 10-year-old jumbo Plai Khun Thong and its keeper Sanga, 46, arrived at a ...

Elephants also demonstrate various emotions by the positioning of their trunk. Flaring a trunk high can signal that a predator is near. Trunks are used in play, for caressing during courtship ...

we’re seeing her be really intentional with her trunk — not just to drink water but throwing it on herself.” It is admittedly a tiny amount of water, but it’s water no less. Elephants use ...

(Previous reports conflicted on Garcia's injuries and whether they were caused by the elephant's tusk, not its trunk.) According to El Mundo, which cited the elephant center's owner, 18 people ...