Six legs can work just fine for the flexible Guatemalan tiger rump tarantula. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 17, 2025 10:03 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At long last, scientists have discovered a millipede that lives up ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have showcased a new type of bionic leg that can be plugged directly into the patient's brain. The prosthetic is surgically connected to ...

Another Harvard man, Dr. Marcus Singer, professor of neuroanatomy at the Harvard Medical School, approached the growth problem from another angle: the nerves of amphibians. Newts and salamanders can ...

Evolution has turned out bizarre and baffling creatures, such as walking fish. It only gets weirder from there. Some of these fish not only walk on the seafloor, but use their leg-like appendages to ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...