Imagine you are running away from someone. They grab your hand to stop you. You wriggle and your hand pops off, allowing you to run away. That would be pretty weird, but there are animals – like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several lizard species can rapidly shed their tails to distract and escape from pursuing predators, a trait called autotomy (AFP ...

Lizards are famous for losing their tails, but perhaps the bigger question should be: How do their tails stay on? The answer may lie in the appendage’s internal design. A structure of prongs, ...