In a recent study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, researchers explored the biomechanics of different tails, and considered how a better tail could help build a better robot.

"We did not know what the results would look like when exploring the impact of different tail joint configurations, particularly when allowing the length of individual bones to vary as part of the ...

Red-tailed hawks are known for their brick-colored tails, but there are more than a dozen subspecies of various colorations, and not all of them have this characteristic. These birds of prey are ...