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

By Will Dunham Feb 13 (Reuters) - An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting ...

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 ...

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

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

A touching video of an elephant gently wrapping its trunk around a woman while she sings has captured the hearts of many. The video, shared by Lek Chailert, founder of the Save Elephant Foundation, ...