A new study of how lizards use their tails when leaping through the trees shows ... "Inspiration from lizard tails will likely lead to far more agile search-and-rescue robots, as well as ones ...

A leaping lizard uses its tail to correct ungainly maneuvers, akin to a tightrope walker with a balancing pole. Researchers have confirmed a 40-year-old hypothesis regarding dinosaur acrobatics by ...

Researchers conduct their leaping lizard experiment ... comprehensive and compelling news and analysis on everything from dinosaur discoveries, archaeological finds and amazing animals to health ...

Slow-motion footage showed that if a lizard had to hoist the front part ... “Muscles willing, the dinosaur could be even more effective with a swing of its tail in controlling body attitude ...

BOSTON — A "swift-footed lizard" that lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts has been named the state's official dinosaur under legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov.

Buckland recognized that these fossils belonged to a huge bygone reptile, and gave it a formal scientific name: Megalosaurus, meaning "great lizard." With that, the first dinosaur was officially ...

Buckland recognized that these fossils belonged to a huge bygone reptile, and gave it a formal scientific name: Megalosaurus, meaning “great lizard.” With that, the first dinosaur was ...

Scientists have discovered the fossils of a new prehistoric species in Morocco — a bizarre-looking marine lizard considerably ... it was not actually a dinosaur itself. Rather, the creature ...

Scientists say they have discovered fossils belonging to a "nightmarish" sea lizard species that hunted the oceans 66 million years ago. The creature, Khinjaria acuta, was about 26ft (8m ...

The dinosaur, whose name means “swift-footed lizard of Holyoke,” has been named the official dinosaur of Massachusetts under legislation signed into law in Boston, Wednesday, Oct. 19 ...

BOSTON (AP) — A “swift-footed lizard” that lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts has been named the state’s official dinosaur under legislation signed into law Wednesday ...