The intricate network of crevices seen on the African elephant's skin helps it retain moisture and stay cool Michel Milinkovitch The African bush elephants’ wrinkled skin is one of its most ...

A study of the African bush elephant's vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend against sun damage ...

With their thick hides and lack of sweat glands, it has long been thought that elephants rely upon their ears and bathing in rivers to stay cool in hot ... images of six African elephants at ...

Elephants helping understand a human pathology Thickening of the African elephant keratinised epidermis is due to an imbalance between its formation at its base and its shedding at the skin ...

African elephants can weigh up to 15,000 pounds. They have massive bodies to keep cool Keep reading to learn more about ...

The African elephant’s wrinkly skin is in fact the result of a network of labyrinthine cracks and crevasses that retain water to help keep the animal cool, research has revealed. The cracked ...

Elephants, with their heavyweight frames, would appear to be at a disadvantage in the fierce heat of their African and Asian ... large ears to help them stay cool. The skin in the ears is thinner ...

METEOROLOGIST JORDAN WEST TAKES A LOOK AT HOW ELEPHANTS STAY COOL DURING HOT WEATHER. YEAH, IT’S PRETTY HOT. WE’VE STOPPED AND GOT SOME WATER AND SOME DIPPIN DOTS, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY CAN’T ...

Elephant hair could help cool the giants down, unlike the hair on all other known animals that helps keep them warm, researchers say. Hair is one of the key traits setting mammals apart from the ...

An intricate network of crevices adorns the skin surface of the African bush elephant. By retaining water, these micrometer-wide channels greatly help elephants in regulating their body temperature.