Officials from Odisha's Rourkela Forest Division successfully rescued an elephant that had fallen into a deep well in Sundergarh district. The operation involved creating a slope for the elephant to ...

Feb 13 (Reuters) - An elephant's trunk is essential for most aspects of the animal's life, from interacting with its environment and with other elephants to eating and drinking. And the roughly 1,000 ...

Many human inventions are based on things found in nature. Velcro was inspired by the burrs a Swiss engineer found on himself and his dog, airplane wings by birds in flight. A new study of elephant ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An elephant’s trunk is a wonder of evolution. Gentle, yet ...

An elephant’s trunk is a marvelous thing, flexible enough to bend and stretch as it forages for food, but also stiff enough to grasp and maneuver even delicate objects like peanuts or a tortilla chip.

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

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 and ...

In Bokaro, Jharkhand, a herd of elephants killed three elderly family members and injured a woman, highlighting a growing conflict between humans and wildlife. The incident, occurring in the early ...

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