The Dumbo octopus is an elusive cephalopod that gets its name from its large ear-like fins, which resemble those of the lovable Disney elephant. But there's still lots we don't know about these ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s ...

Elephant Nature Park in Thailand is scrambling to evacuate many of its 126 elephants amidst severe flooding in the wake of ...

Maybe from the actors reacting to an elephant that wasn’t there? Derek Frey: When it came to Dumbo, he was the only thing that wasn’t truly present on set, at least in terms of his final look.

Elephant trunks have wrinkles since they are fetuses. When they're grown up, they have more wrinkles on their dominant side.

Today, most elephants in zoos are obtained through rescue programs or breeding, but this was not always the case. The 1941 movie Dumbo might have made it seem as if elephants in captivity were ...

African elephants are the largest mammals that live on land. There’s a lot of rumours that go round about these gentle giants though: that they never forget, that they grieve, and that their ...

It’s a gut-wrenching concept: drought is now so bad in parts of southern Africa that governments say they must kill hundreds ...

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The baby elephant in this video certainly looks like Dumbo, with his stretched out ears and adorable mannerisms, but we hope his future is brighter than the famous, fictional elephant’s.