Abstract: Multidirectional motion ability is a significant factor for crawling robots. Inspired by the Kresling origami pattern, this work introduces a soft pneumatic actuator that can achieve a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ocean’s ultimate predator once hunted whales with ease.

Before whales, great whites, or the bus-sized megalodon prowled the seas, a colossal shark was already ruling Cretaceous waters off what’s now northern Australia. New research on a handful of ...

Megalodon tends to dominate conversations about prehistoric ocean predators. Its massive jaws and oversized teeth have turned it into a pop-culture icon that feels almost mythical. Yet during the ...

Researchers have discovered ancient marine predators were far more powerful than any seen today, dominating waters at the very top of an extraordinary food chain. A team from McGill University, in ...

It's the largest shark that's ever lived on Earth against a monstrous whale who terrorizes its prey. Would the megalodon shark or the Leviathan whale win this epic underwater matchup? Which underwater ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new insights into a fundamental cellular feature and the origins of tissue ...

Shark skeletons are mostly cartilage, so most of what we find from ancient sharks is teeth. ©Nico Ott/Shutterstock.com In a stroke of paleontological luck, scientists recently returned to a set of ...