Inspired by squirrels, scientists built a robot that lands on narrow perches—advancing agile robotics for disasters and space ...

Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...

Salto the jumping robot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe — just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch.

Heather BeGaetz and Fez BeGaetz are creating five sculptures of animals seen throughout the Illinois ecosystem.

Squirrels could do that ... If it's going to swing over, it should extend out and stand tall." Using these strategies, Yim is embarking on a NASA-funded project to design a small, one-legged ...

Sue and Art Cohen always take their coffee to go — and they need the towing capacity of a Ford F-150 to do it. The Squirrel ...

Spring is here and as my friend Kate says, “I’m itchy to play outside!” I won’t plant cold-sensitive veggies such as tomatoes ...