As you can imagine, the astonishing genital structure of female elephants means that the act of copulation is not simple. Actually, it is physically impossible for a male to have sex with a female ...

An African elephant had to be rescued by ... with a significant swelling to his testicles and penis. Concerned locals had reported the young adult male to park management, who had to call in ...

The elephant’s penis is not only massive but prehensile ... that’s a leak from his temporal gland. It means that this male was entering musth, the period when their testosterone shoots ...

The sedated male — we immediately dubbed him “The Sperminator” — was found to be near his full ampullary capacities. The scientists first extract and clean the elephant’s penis.

Male elephants constantly monitor the urine of ... When checking a female's urine, the male strokes her genitals with the tip of his trunk - and then touches his trunk to the vomeronasal organ ...