One of the most bizarre-looking land mammals is the enormous yet gentle elephant, with its huge ears, long trunk, and those massive feet. Why are their feet shaped like that, anyway? Do elephants have ...

An X-ray of an elephant's foot reveals something unexpected: instead of a solid, column-like structure, the bones form what looks eerily like a small human foot tucked inside a much larger one. What ...

Without swift medical intervention, the injury would have caused irreversible damage to the elephant’s foot, experts said. Screen grab of Facebook photo shared by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. A team of ...

Based on papers from the First North American Conference on Elephant Foot Care and Pathology, held in Beaverton, Oregon, Mar. 19-21, 1998; with additional contributions.

Elephants can make low rumbling sounds that humans cannot hear. Sound can be transmitted through air and through rock. Elephants can detect seismic (ground-transmitted) sound with fatty pads on their ...