Caudal autotomy, the voluntary shedding of the tail, is a widespread antipredator strategy among lepidosaurs that allows individuals to escape predation at the cost of appendage loss. Following ...

Most spiders are both predators and prey, playing an essential role in the food web (pun intended). In fact, many spiders act ...

Crabs possess a remarkable survival mechanism known as autotomy, allowing them to deliberately shed a limb when captured by a predator. Specialized fracture points in their joints enable a clean break ...

From salamanders regrowing lost limbs to sea slugs rebuilding their bodies from a severed head, the natural world is full of ...

Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) has emerged as a dual-purpose technique that not only enhances myoelectric prosthesis control but also mitigates post-amputation neuropathic pain. By rerouting ...

This past March was unusually warm. So, I wasn’t surprised to see the first lizards of 2026. I was thrown a bit when I saw ...