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 ...

Embedded within the trunk are thousands of hair-like projections that embody one of the nature's most beautiful evidence of 'material intelligence.' ...

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 ...

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 can surpass a human's height and lift trees -- a marvel of strength that's conversely so gentle it can ...