In addition to keeping elephants cool and clean, mud baths help alleviate itchy, irritated skin. Elephants live in dusty, dry environments where their skin can easily become parched and uncomfortable.

Local public revealed that the wound on its forehead hasn’t healed and is still causing distress to the animal ...

The millions of micrometer-wide fractures in elephants’ skin retain mud and water after mud baths, helping the animals stay hydrated between trips to the water hole. Evaporation from the mud and ...