Dogs use their tails to communicate. Eastimages/Moment via Getty Images Whether they belong to reptiles, insects, birds or mammals, tails serve a wide variety of purposes. Modern animals use their ...

My best friend is a golden retriever. When I get home, she greets me with a goofy smile and a big wag of her fluffy tail. I talked about why she has a tail with my friend Jillian Haines. She’s a ...

Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among the branches. As it stepped from branch to branch, its long tail would wrap around a convenient trunk providing extra stability.

If you have met a cat, you’ve probably at some point been amazed by how acrobatic they are. They’re able to reorient themselves effortlessly, even in midair. It turns out that a lot of that twistiness ...

Tracking and modeling mouse movements during the platform walking task. Ipsilateral movements (IL) refer to the tail being on the same side as the tilt direction, while contralateral (CL) movements ...