Tail clubs were a rare trait that didn’t survive past the Pleistocene, a period that ended about 11,700 years ago. The last species to have them were glyptodonts – large dome-shaped armadillos from ...

If you’re prone to tripping or losing balance, then researchers in Japan may have an unusual solution: a robotic tail. A team at Keio University in Tokyo has designed a wearable human tail, which is ...

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the ...

A famous comet visiting from outside our solar system known as 3I/ATLAS is blazing through our cosmic neighborhood, leaving a striking trail in its wake. A ground telescope in Chile recently glimpsed ...

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the ...

When a human grows a tail, it's known as a human tail or vestigial tail. Many believe that human ancestors had and used some form of a tail. Over time as a species, however, we evolved past the need ...

The seahorse relies heavily on its tail for survival in the ocean. Have you ever seen a monkey hold onto a tree branch with its tail? The seahorse uses its tail in a very similar way. Seahorses are ...

As any dog owner knows, there are a few surefire ways to cue a pup’s wagging tail: arriving home from work, picking up their favorite toy or uttering the word “outside.” But why do dogs wag their tail ...