Kids love animals -- and they love TV shows about (or starring!) animals almost as much. Whether your kid likes animated animals or the real deal, these wild series will educate, entertain, and ...

Scientists believe that 8.7 million species of animals in the world have so far been classified. And, despite their best efforts, it’s estimated that there are still 5 million species to be described.

Tiger: A tiger can bring down prey twice its size and lift up to 550 kg, which is double its body weight ...

Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, ...

Gerenuks (Litocranius walleri) look and act like giraffes with their elongated necks, but they are actually a type of antelope. But interestingly enough, their name comes from a Somalian word meaning ...

Spirit animals, often stemming from various cultural, spiritual, or religious beliefs, serve as symbolic representations of our connection with the natural world. These creatures offer insights, ...

Quadruped animals use their special morphology, elastic tendons, and biomechanical qualities to move efficiently over a variety of terrains. Although they frequently rely on stiff parts and ...

In Tianjin, a quadruped robot participated in a forest firefighting drill, responding swiftly to simulated fires. This advanced AI-driven technology could revolutionize wildfire response and ...

These animals effectively act as landscape engineers, reorganising soils and sediments. Yet their combined global impact has never been explored, until now. Research that my colleagues and I ...

To test DHAL, the researchers chose a challenge that’s both visually striking and technically demanding: teaching a Unitree Go1 quadruped robot to skateboard. Inspired by real dogs that learn to ...

Hammerhead shark. Marko Dimitrijevic, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Welcome to ‘Animals That Reproduce ...