Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and breathe. If you take a ...

Unlike many mammals whose whiskers cluster around their cheeks or chins, elephants’ whiskers, totaling about 1,000, are distributed down the entire length of their trunks. By measuring the structure ...

In A Nutshell Elephant whiskers have “physical intelligence”: Three built-in gradients (geometry, porosity, and stiffness) ...

An elephant's trunk, despite its size and thick skin, can perform surprisingly delicate and agile movements, enough to grasp a small peanut or a crispy snack without crushing it. The secret to this se ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max ...

New research on elephant trunks is revealing how these animals use touch to explore their surroundings. A peer-reviewed ...