Diania cactiformis gen. et sp. nov. Etymology. Dian represents a linguistic abbreviation in Chinese of the Yunnan province, where the Chengjiang fossil Lagerstätte is located; cactiformis refers to ...

With protruding appendages that each end in an orb, Solarion arienae vaguely resembles a cartoon Sun or a retrofuturistic ...

Much of the country’s been slammed by bitter cold and snow, and winter hasn’t even started. The early blast sent yards ...

The purpose of this paper has been to consider the relationship between stature and the length of the upper and lower appendages in man. The data represent both children and adults of both sexes. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Foliar appendages of eight species of Salvia L. have been studied. Eleven types of non glandular and five types of glandular appendages have ...

HEFEI — Inspired by the agility of elephant trunks and octopus tentacles, a team of scientists from a Chinese university has developed a highly dexterous spiral soft robot arm comparable to the human ...

Just as Spider-man has his spidey sense to warn him when danger's near, the bizarre tentacled snake has its own special system for sensing an approaching meal, a new study says. The reptile uses its ...

Due to a variety of recent innovations in bio-mechanical technology, prosthetic limbs are becoming more functional, better connected to the human body, and, attitude-wise, a lot more Furiosa. But most ...

When Habelia optata first skittered into public consciousness more than a century ago, scientists didn't know what to make of it. The long-extinct sea predator, which flourished during the middle ...

Scientists discovered the fossils of an alien-like spiked sea creature that lived more than 500 million years ago in Canada. The creature, named a lobopodian, was among 10,000 fossils found in the ...

Expanded from a six-minute short, Anna Zlokovic’s unsatisfying horror comedy packages its heroine’s low self esteem as a mutant growth with a mind of its own — treating it a not-uncommon phenomenon.