According to the study, the folded skin at the front of the trunk adds to an elephant’s mobility, allowing the animal to stretch out and pick up faraway objects. The findings, the researchers say, ...

By Richard Sima The elephant has a secret hiding right on its nose. Its famous trunk, full of muscle and devoid of bone, can move in a virtually infinite number of directions and is capable of ...

Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available ... and their enamel became dramatically folded, creating many ridges ...

Can an elephant survive without its trunk? Unfortunately for one calf in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, this is not a hypothetical question. It’s an experiment that’s unfolding in real ...

According to a recent study, an elephant’s folded skin plays a significant part in stretching its trunk besides its muscles. The findings could improve robotics, which today are typically built ...

The thick, immobile whiskers on an elephant’s trunk may help it to feel and balance objects even though they cannot twitch in the way that many other mammals’ whiskers do, a study suggests.