There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and whiskers on an elephant trunk to catch a left-trunker pachyderm perp masquerading as a righty, thanks to a ...
Why is the elephant trunk so wrinkly? It sounds like the start of one of Aesop’s fables. But in a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers offer up some answers. This all ...
Elephants' wrinkly trunks might serve a purpose and reveal whether the individual prefers to bend the handy appendage to the right or the left. Byrdyak via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Until ...
Elephants are among the largest mammals on Earth. They are loved by many for their intelligence and varied personalities. They are easily recognized by their large bodies, huge fan-like ears, and long ...
What suddenly made long jaws such a liability? Well it looks like we can thank a changing climate for the evolution of the elephant’s trunk. Eons is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...
A hidden elephant illusion challenges your perception, with 99% struggling to find it in 8 seconds. This classic puzzle highlights how our brains inte ...
A heroic elephant acted quickly to save the life of a drowning gazelle at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. The gazelle was unable to escape a body of water in the middle of the enclosure. When its ...
Have you ever looked at an optical illusion and felt like your brain was playing tricks on you? Well, there’s one illusion ...