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

Some of the 200+ comments left by viewers made us smile and laugh. @Care Baer24 describes a baby elephant's trunk perfectly: ...

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

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

And they are no evolutionary accident: whiskers, surrounded by follicles on their base has “mechanoreceptors” that help expand the animal’s sense of touch. They are tactile sensory organs that help ...

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

Elephant trunk whiskers have hollow tubules and variable stiffness, allowing precise touch and manipulation, inspiring future tactile robotics research.