Millions of years ago, our ancient ancestors, the apes, lost their tails. A new study shows how (and hints at why). The monkey tail is one of nature’s most marvelous tree-top tools. Balancing their ...

One of the most striking anatomical features in apes, and which sets them apart from monkeys, is the absence of a tail. All mammals have a tail at some point during their development, but apes – ...

While researching AI robotics I came across this interesting robotic human tail developed by researchers at Keio University in Japan a few years ago. The Arque robotic tail aims to augment human ...