The elephant's trunk has long been studied by engineers seeking to understand how it performs both powerful and delicate ...

An elephant’s trunk can haul a felled log across a clearing and, moments later, ...

Scientists studying elephant trunks have uncovered features that could inspire robot skin and a new generation of advanced ...

An elephant's trunk is both strong and capable of extremely fine motor movements. With this muscular, boneless structure, an ...

A new study shows how elephant trunk skin balances strength and sensitivity, offering clues that could help engineers build ...

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Looks like someone is growing up! A video of baby elephant learning how to use her trunk is the absolute cutest. She’s just figuring it out! I mean, I totally get it. If you suddenly realized that you ...

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 secret to the ...

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, ...