From cooling their massive bodies to strengthening social bonds, elephants use mud baths as a versatile tool to stay ...

Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...

A team of scientists in Singapore has taken an unusual step in that direction. Drawing inspiration from elephant skin, ...

which is sharp enough to penetrate an elephant’s thick, tough skin and deliver a blow serious enough to kill it. Hyenas are much smaller and don’t have much in the way of armed attacks against ...

Building on this proven insulating property, the NTU Singapore team worked with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA to add a bumpy, wrinkly texture to the tile, mimicking an elephant’s ...

Scientists in Singapore have created special wall tiles made from fungi that could help cool buildings naturally, without ...