The quick-thinking elephant extended its trunk into the water to create a place for the gazelle to climb out. Unfortunately, the first rescue attempt didn’t work.

Sue Tygielski, elephant manager at the Reid Park Zoo, checks Mabu’s ears during a routine morning health check. The elephant occasionally plays peacemaker, “so we lose that,” Tygielski said.

Professor Peng Lu and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in aerial ...

Mike Selvaggio’s 1966 Malibu wagon is already mounted to a completely painted and detailed Art Morrison chassis, so masking off all the areas they didn’t want paint contamination on was pretty ...

World’s most flexible drone arm grips like an elephant, repairs like a pro Inspired by an elephant’s trunk, this aerial robot arm lets drones grab, twist, and maneuver in ways rigid tools ...

A baby elephant that was rescued from a muddy pit in the forests of Gharghoda, Raigarh, walked up to the JCB machine used in the operation and gently touched it with its trunk in a moment that has ...

Developed by Professor Peng Lu and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering. AET is a flexible, shape-morphing robotic arm that mimics the versatility of an elephant’s trunk.

The research team's AET, inspired by the flexibility of an elephant trunk, effectively addresses these challenges. "By designing a highly compact aerial continuum arm, we can perform various aerial ...

The elephant later backed out of the shop still holding a bag of snacks with his trunk. He left little damage behind, mud tracks on the floor and the ceiling of the shop. In a video posted on ...