This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The intricate web of cracks and crevices that gives African elephants their distinctive look is, in fact, an essential ...

A final identifying characteristic of African elephants and Asian elephants is their body and skin. African elephant skin is ...

African elephant feet are very cleverly designed to ... The toenails are actually cornified shields in the skin and are not attached to the fingers/digits. Interestingly, not all of the toes ...