If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

Elephants can swim quite easily, but they aren’t typically in the vicinity of deeper water. It isn’t uncommon to see a herd of elephants crossing a river while keeping their trunks above the ...

It is theorized that elephants came from a semi-aquatic ancestor and this snorkel-like trunk allowed them to swim underwater. An elephant trunk contains around 150,000 separate muscle fibers in it.

A group of visitors watch and take photos as a young elephant performs underwater at a zoo in Thailand. Question the places you visit as a tourist. Are the animals being looked after? Avoid visiting ...

PADDLING with chunky legs and using their trunks as a snorkel, the elephants at Fuji Safari Park in Japan are taking a dip in their summer swimming pool – with each graceful movement visible ...