Elephants’ massive ears are one of their most distinguishable characteristics. Alongside their long trunks, an elephant’s big ears are the first thing we see. These large ears easily give ...

The African elephant, Loxodonta africana, is the world’s biggest land mammal and has the largest ears of modern-day elephants. They’re so big, in fact, that they account for 20 percent of ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.

They can’t afford the water loss. The African elephant has the largest ears of any animal, accounting for 20% of their overall surface area. They make useful fans, but also have other mechanisms ...

Then, because veal got more precious, it turned into pork cotoletta. It’s called “elephant ear” because it’s very big and the bone kind of reminds people of the elephant’s trunk." ...