“Our study begins to explain how evolution removed our tails, a question that has intrigued me since I was young,” lead study author Bo Xia, PhD said. New research highlights may explain why ...

One of the biggest mysteries of evolution is how species first developed complex vision. Jellyfish are helping scientists ...

Tails are useful for balance ... the most common of which connected taillessness to upright posture and the evolution of bipedal walking, said lead study author Bo Xia, a research fellow in ...

Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

dogs wagged their tails more when a human was present versus not, suggesting that tail wagging may also function as a requesting signal," the authors write. But this evolution may not have been ...

Understanding why dogs wag their tails is important partly from an animal welfare perspective, she says, as it could help dog owners read their pups’ cues better. One main thing that researchers ...