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 ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Himalayan mountains where it was first discovered. So far, Himalayan long–tailed Myotis bats have been found in Uttarakhand, India, and ...

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 ...