Bothersome insects are a predicable summer hazard. Swatting them can almost become a sport, but some irritable horses enjoy taking shots at something larger. 'I have ...

Dogs use their tails to communicate. Eastimages/Moment via Getty Images Whether they belong to reptiles, insects, birds or mammals, tails serve a wide variety of purposes. Modern animals use their ...

With nearly 3,000 species of snake in the world, there's bound to be a wide variety of hunting methods among them. But one segment of vipers has a particularly interesting way of catching a meal. They ...

On some butterfly wings, “tails” may be more than just elegant adornments. They’re survival tools too, a study suggests. The tails seem to attract the attention of attacking birds, keeping them away ...

Tails are far more than mere decorative features; they serve essential functions in the animal kingdom, including balance, communication, and survival. Many species have evolved extraordinarily long ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pennsylvania is "lucky" to have a new weapon in the fight against an invasive species that can cause a lot of property destruction. Lucky, the German Shepherd, and her handler ...

It turns out that, like the antennas on an insect or crustacean, a ray uses its tail to sense its environment. The inside of a myliobatid stingray tail is remarkably complex, the scientists learned.

Heshani Edirisinghe is a PhD student at Massey University, Auckland and is funded by the Massey University Doctoral Scholarship from 2016. Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University provides funding ...