Learn more about the unique structure of elephant whiskers that allows them to pick up something as fragile as a tortilla chip and not break it. These delicate whiskers could soon inspire advanced ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a surprising discovery about the early universe. I'm Scott Detrow, and I am joined ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephants are one of the smartest species on the entire planet. They're probably smarter than us in most ways, to be honest. They ...

Elephant societies respond to death in ways that look uncannily similar to our own reactions. Here’s why it has researchers describing them as “compassionate.” Wildlife researchers have, for decades, ...

New York (AFP) – An elephant's trunk can surpass a human's height and lift trees -- a marvel of strength that's conversely so gentle it can grasp a tortilla chip without breaking it. So how do the ...

The list of feats Andrew Schulz has witnessed an elephant perform with its trunk is as long as, well, an elephant’s trunk. These powerful proboscises are strong enough to push over 900 pound trees ...

MEET Tukta, Taronga Zoo’s own six-year-old, 1,975kg water baby who just can’t get enough of duck diving and blowing bubbles from her trunk. At 1,975 kilograms, it’s hard for the six-year-old Asian ...