That’s because the trunk is highly sensitive when it comes to sensing touch. Scientists have determined that the whiskers lining the trunk are crucial for that sensitivity thanks to their unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A zookeeper feeling the whiskers that cover an Asian elephant’s trunk. To examine how the elephant trunk whiskers work, engineers ...

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 ...

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

Baby elephant Navann had never seen a cat before. When one caught his eye while he was walking, he couldn't help but double-back to investigate. Sure, their first encounter could have been more ...

Nick and Sally keep cool in the desert. / Elephants' trunks are just like hands. The Cat takes Nick and Sally to the Dizzle-dazzle Desert to learn how to keep cool. They learn that some animals are ...