Figure 2: Sensitivity of body rotation to a perturbation in a lizard and robot. For simple characterization of the underlying dynamics of tail-assisted manoeuvres, we derived a planar, two-link, rigid ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard ...

An interdisciplinary team of scientists used next-generation molecular and computer analysis tools to examine the genes turned on in tail regeneration. The team studied the regenerating tail of the ...