Skin-secreted adhesives, or glues, are highly effective defense adaptations that have evolved recurrently in a small number ...

Researchers said on Monday they had designed the first robotic leg with "artificial muscles"—oil-filled bags allowing ...

Many animal species, ranging from insects to amphibians and fish, use jumping as a means of moving within their surrounding ...

A new study reveals the surprisingly convergent evolution in the inner ear of mammals. An international research team led by ...

Vanderbilt researchers have developed technology for sampling body liquids in tortuous and narrow spaces that could lead to ...

Oliver is a ball python who lives at the Lake Superior Zoo and is an animal ambassador. This type of snake is a ground ...

Mammals independently evolved similar inner ear shapes, showing convergence due to shared environmental pressures.

Horses were the primary means of locomotion for travel, communication, agriculture, and warfare across much of the ancient ...

Fruit flies walking on minature treadmills are helping scientists learn how the nervous system enables animals to move in an ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, an international team of  researchers reveal new insights into the ...

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