While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive ...

So you don't need a tail as a counterbalance. Pretty disappointing, huh? That being said, you can still see a reminder of a time when our ancient primate ancestors had one. Just look at a human spine.