Q: How can squirrels jump so far? And how do they hold on to tree limbs as they gambol about? A: Squirrels have evolved with several anatomical adaptations that help them with their acrobatics. While ...

Researchers and engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, developed a robot named Salto, inspired by squirrels, that can jump from branch to branch and land on narrow perches while ...

When you see a squirrel jump to a branch, you might think (and I myself thought, up until just now) that they’re doing what birds and primates would do to stick the landing: just grabbing the branch ...

Army-funded research on wild squirrels and how they jump at the University of California-Berkley aims to learn how to apply their acrobactic ways to future robot systems. (UC-Berkeley) Those twitchy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a new study published in the journal Science, a team of biologists and biomechanics researchers from UC Berkeley outlines how ...

Parkour enthusiasts need look no further than up in the trees for inspiration. Squirrels’ aerial acrobatics make the rodents masters of the form, a new study suggests. A detailed look at how squirrels ...

AMHERST, Mass. -- One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing ...