First, it’s important to know that fish are covered in a thin layer of mucus. This slimy coating (it is also called a “slime ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

Their locomotion looked like that of the leaping dolphins, seals and fish who porpoise to conserve energy. The energy savings come from the reduced resistance animals face when traveling through ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

A tiny marine flatworm-inspired robot glides silently through water, revolutionizing pollution tracking and coral reef monitoring.

THE National Railway Museum in the UK is to undergo a huge multi-million revamp. Thanks to an investment of £15million, the ...

Each segment contains a motor and a tendon actuator, which expands and contracts to create locomotion ... “You start with the fish, then you get a simple organism and it’s supported by ...

Observation of this fish in an aquarium has revealed two striking features: (i) a mode of locomotion through waves passing over the extended dorsal fin and executed forwards and backwards with ...

Since being taken for his first train ride on the Scarborough North Bay Railway by his dad at just a few weeks old, Steve ...