Tails aren’t just animal accessories, they usually carry specific functions, but when it comes to rays, their function has ...

Cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) — like manta rays (Mobula birostris), eagle rays (Myliobatis aquila) and other rays in the Myliobatid order — are distinct because of their diamond-shaped bodies and ...

Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling feature is a whip-like tail that can measure as long as the rest of the fish’s body. Why mantas and related rays have such long tails has long been a mystery.

Short tails, which are hydrophobic, help the final helix of a protein integrate into the membrane. The protein YidC assists this process by flattening the membrane, aiding hydrophobic sections.

Early pterosaurs — informally called "pterodactyls" — had long tails with thin, leaf-shaped flaps of tissue on the end called vanes. This vane would have compromised their flight if it were ...

The researchers further showed that changes to those tails might be responsible for rare genetic disorders in humans. (l-r) Alon Barshap ... Their tails are long enough to ensure that, when they are ...

No one was injured, SeaTac Airport said. The right wing of a taxiing Japan Airlines flight hit the tail of a parked Delta plane at Seattle's SeaTac Airport on Wednesday, according to the airport ...

SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Police are investigating after a red-tailed hawk was found in Paxton ... The raptor’s recovery will likely be long, painful and costly.

degus look like oversized hamsters with long tails. These round rodents are endemic to the Chilean Matorral region in South America, where they live in complex underground tunnels with as many as ...

That's the power of these typefaces. Serif fonts date back to the Roman Empire. Can you imagine? Those ancient sculptors had a knack for legibility even back then! They added little “feet” and “tails” ...