Animal tales often occupy this space. As the year comes to an end, thoughts of animal ends also come to mind — their tails. So, here’s a tale of tails. Animal tails are fascinating appendages that ...

Q. My third-grader came up with these two questions: Which animals do not have tails? How many different ways do animals use tails? A. Most vertebrates, that is, animals with a backbone, have an ...

Most vertebrates in the animal kingdom sport tails of some sort. Birds and fish use their tails as steering mechanisms to glide through air and water respectively, geckos use their tails to store fat, ...

We are born of nature, and from our very birth, we have a curiosity about the world around us. The natural world, as we know it, holds it all together and sustains it in balance in many ways. In the ...

Animal tails come in all shapes and sizes and serve many purposes, from balance and communication to defense and mating displays. While some animals have fairly small tails, others carry massive, ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. As these fish evolved into creatures that lived ...

When I get home at the end of the day, I am greeted by 35 pounds of bouncing fur and three tails wagging a mile a minute. After lots of rubs and kisses, my three Havanese dogs settle down for a game ...

Hello Everyone! My name is Aaron Blaise and I’ve been an animator, wildlife artist and animation feature film director for the past 30 years. I’m also an art educator and run a website called ...