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

“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 ...

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

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Images of elephants roaming the African plains are imprinted on all of our minds and something easily recognized as a symbol of ...

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 ...