Learn how surface tension enables water striders to skate, and how nature’s tiny engineering marvels inspire robotics.

Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of time submerged thanks to a few clever tricks. When you purchase through links ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the land. But for some species that evolution also involved a return trip. Dozens ...

The basilisk lizard of the family Corytophanidae has got those everyday lizards beat. “The basilisk lizard is one of a few animals that can actually walk on water. Well, it’s not so much walking as it ...