The seahorse relies heavily on its tail for survival in the ocean. Have you ever seen a monkey hold onto a tree branch with its tail? The seahorse uses its tail in a very similar way. Seahorses are ...

“The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline, because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,” said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science ...

Secrets of the seahorse tail revealed Date: March 31, 2015 ... Seahorses use their strong and flexible tails to anchor themselves to plants and other materials on coral reefs or the sea floor, ...

"The tail is the seahorse's lifeline," because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators, said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science at the ...

'The tail is the seahorse’s lifeline, because it allows the animal to anchor itself to corals or seaweed and hide from predators,' said Michael Porter, a Ph.D. student in materials science at ...

Video: Seahorse grasps object with paradoxical tail There's more than a twist to this tail. One of the ocean's most strangely shaped creatures is even more special than we knew. Seahorses have ...

Tough yet bendy, the tail of a seahorse has a combination of properties that are very useful robots as well as for sea creatures. New research shows that the key to this desirable design is the ...

Using 3D printing helped researchers understand the unusual square cross-section of a seahorse’s tail and suggested uses ranging from armoured robots to medical devices The tail of a seahorse could ...

A team from the University of California, San Diego have taken their inspiration from the tail of a seahorse in order to create a new flexible material that could have a wide range of applications ...

A 2015 study revealed that some New South Wales populations were decimated by about 90 per cent in just five years. READ MORE: Man charged over alleged $200k bull semen and wagyu cattle theft And the ...

The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found. The tail's flexibility is due to ...