One of the most important aspects of the pangolin’s ability to walk on two legs is its thick, muscular tail. The tail acts as a counterweight, helping the pangolin stay upright and stable while ...

But they also use the long upper section of their tail fin, which can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long, to hunt. Related: Do wolves wag their tails? "Thresher sharks feed on schooling prey (i.e ...

In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any known living animal. The tails of these small, lightweight lizards are two to three times the length of their torsos ...

The animals of our planet walk on two legs, or four legs, or six, or even 750 for that matter. So why don’t any animals have three? A crimson-crested woodpecker using its tail to brace itself ...

Scientists have long known that an ambling kangaroo plants its tail on the ground to act as a crutch while its hind legs are off the ground, but until now, no one has tried to calculate the forces ...

The early bird gets two tails? A 120-million-year-old bird sported a long tail and a second, unexpected tail frond, paleontologists suggest. The discovery points to a complicated evolutionary path ...

Powerful tail. And then there’s the tails. “Animals have discovered many uses for their tails but, as far as we know, this is the first use of one as a leg,” says Max Donelan of Simon Fraser ...

The animal would have had legs about as tall as adult human legs, and walked hunched over. From nose to tail it would have measured about 3 to 4 m (9.8 to 13.1 ft) long. The research was published ...

Researchers have discovered footprints of an ancient species from the crocodile family that walked upright on two legs. These creatures may have looked a bit like dinosaurs, but they weren’t.

Scientists have identified genes that make a harvestman arachnid’s appendages able to twirl like a monkey’s tail. By Veronique Greenwood The harvestman makes its way through the mossy woodland ...

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...