Trunks stick together Jul 24, 2020

Trunks stick together

In honor of Cousins Day, we"re looking at a pair of African elephants who seem to have nothing but love for each other. Elephants are matriarchal, meaning they live in female-led groups. The matriarch—usually the biggest and oldest female—leads an extended family group that includes aunts, sisters, and their young, so a given herd is likely to be full of cousins.

© Simon Eeman/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 24, 2018Flock together for Cousins Day
Jul 24, 2019Can you see the family resemblance?
Jul 24, 2021Can you see the family resemblance?
Jul 24, 2022Amelia Earhart
Jul 24, 2023Cousins Day
Jul 24, 2024Cousins Day
Jul 24, 2025Happy Cousins Day!

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 23, 2019A legend and a legendary home
Sep 1, 2021It s National Mushroom Month!
Jan 22, 2019Is this Minecraft headquarters?
May 4, 2022Star Wars Day
Jul 17, 2021Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Feb 27, 2018A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Mar 21, 2020It s World Poetry Day
Feb 23, 2022Point Reyes National Seashore
Jan 19, 2020Ready. Set. Snow.
Aug 3, 2020The monsoon arrives in the desert
Feb 24, 2021Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
Sep 16, 2019The mighty, mighty mushroom
Jul 4, 2021Happy Independence Day!
Dec 25, 2019Merry and bright
Nov 7, 2018A triumph of light
Oct 25, 2025Martimoaapa Mire Reserve, Finland
Jul 3, 2025Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
Oct 29, 2023Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
Nov 24, 2018The tortoise and the finch
Jan 12, 2021Sailing on thick ice
Jan 16, 2023Martin Luther King Jr. Day
May 29, 2023Memorial Day
Nov 20, 2020Atop the Needle of Chamonix
Sep 12, 2020A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
Apr 9, 2020Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
Sep 3, 2018Construction workers resting above Manhattan
Feb 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
Apr 28, 2023Arbor Day
Sep 26, 2024Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
Jul 30, 2024San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy