“The hairs on the head, body, and tail of Asian elephants are stiff from base to tip, which is what we were expecting when we ...

That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers ...

An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), reveals the secret to the ...

Embedded within the trunk are thousands of hair-like projections that embody one of the nature's most beautiful evidence of ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found.

The whiskers of elephants and domestic cats have stiff bases that transition to soft rubber-like tips, different from the stiff whiskers of rats ...

Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ...

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could soon be ...