The trunk of an elephant is among the versatile appendages in the animal kingdom. Now a research team has shown that most of its dexterity can be reproduced with a model using just three "muscles." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are known for their intelligence and social complexity, and recent observations show they might even engage in playful ...

An elephant can lift a log, swing sand onto its back, and still pick up a peanut without crushing it. That mix of strength and delicacy has always looked a little mysterious, especially because ...

Long'uro is a sweet baby Elephant that lost his trunk in a tragic accident. In a heartbreaking TikTok posted by PBS Nature as part of their "Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti" series, the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An Asian elephant at a zoo in Germany eats her bananas in an unusual way: peeling them with her trunk, ...

Humans and elephants have a surprising number of traits in common. These animals are highly intelligent and emotional, feeling many of the same emotions as we do. They’re among the world’s most ...

Feb 13 (Reuters) - An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000 ...

A recent study investigated the musculature of the elephant and found that the trunk is a complex mesh of interwoven muscle and has an immense number of parts. The study was published on September 26, ...

Stuttgart – 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 ...