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Watch: For some lizards, escape is a matter of detachment

March 17, 2022

For some lizards, getting out of harm’s way is as easy as detaching their tails. But that comes at a cost. Tails do come in handy, after all. How do lizards keep their tails when …

Watch: Geckos can climb, hang, and even glide

September 3, 2021

Using both live lizards and robot ones, researchers have found that geckos can glide, and their tail is important for the movement. In a study published in Communications Biology, researchers studied the Hemidactylus platyurus, a …