Tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could have practical applications for the medical industry. "Tree frog feet may provide a design for self-cleaning sticky surfaces, which ...

Tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could have implications for new designs of medical bandages, tires, and even long lasting adhesives. Researchers have now discovered how tree ...

Long neglected in favor of legs, frogs' feet are getting fresh attention for their adhesive properties that could someday have medical applications. Tree frogs, such as the tiny White's tree frog, ...

Some frogs trick their male competitors with a theatrical leg kick. A new study digs further into why the unusual gesture may have evolved. By Sabrina Imbler The male Bornean rock frog cannot scream ...

Tree frogs’ feet aren’t nearly as powerful as those of the well-studied gecko, but their traction is good enough that they can grip the underside of a wet, slick leaf. Now, researchers have evidence ...

Picture this: you’re out at a bar, and you’ve just met a real cutie. You stand up to order another round, but when you turn around, you see that some jerk has moved in on your date. The bar is so loud ...

Some African frogs carry concealed weapons: when threatened, these species puncture their own skin with sharp bones in their toes, using the bones as claws capable of wounding predators. At least 11 ...

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY — The water ripples cold around his knees as Russ Smith sloshes up San Francisquito Canyon creek, parting willows and weeds and peering through binoculars in search of one of ...

Animals and nature have provided a fountain of inspiration and solutions to robotic researchers in the creation of bio-inspired-robots. In the case of researchers at the University of Leeds School of ...