Science & Environment

Elephants: Trompes under the microscope

Émission

Le 19h30
23 August 2021

Michel Milinkovitch

SIB

Sciences, UNIGE

A multidisciplinary team of UNIGE scientists has identified how elephants have developed strategies that reduce the biomechanical complexity of their trunk.

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