The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

In the absence of a living specimen, scientists say, an ambling, flying, swimming, or slithering automaton is the next best ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego (UCSD) studied tail-assisted midair reorientation in robots and found that mammals have already optimized this movement efficiently. Their ...

Animal behaviour expert from the University of Portsmouth appears on the first episode of new RSPCA podcast Animal Futures ...

Guests set to appear on the podcast include David Halpern MBE, President Emeritus of the Behavioural Insights Team, Melanie Challenger, bioethicist, and author of How to be Animal and environmentalist ...

Other guests will include experts in alternative proteins, robot pets, nature and AI communication with animals. The podcast explores everything related to animal futures from our relationship ...