Among the squawks, roars and bellows that must have filled the Jurassic period, one sound would have been loud enough to silence them all - the whip of a sauropod's tail. Computer simulations have ...

Scaly-tailed squirrels use thorny tail scales for grip on smooth trees. New models reveal the physics behind this, inspiring designs for agile, efficient robots and drones. Scaly-tailed squirrels are ...

For the most part, your organs and limbs serve a purpose, so it stands to reason that losing one of these can interfere with your body’s normal, everyday function. On the other hand, it’s well-known ...

A chicken-size dinosaur that lived in what is now Germany about 150 million years ago might have used sensory scales on its tail as it foraged for fish at night. These sensory organs, remarkably ...