When everything goes exactly the way it’s supposed to, jumping and perching is easy, but that almost never happens and the ...

Squirrels are famous for their incredible agility—leaping across gaps, bouncing between branches, and landing with ease. Now, ...

New York environmental workers who came with a warrant looking for Peanut the squirrel found the scampering social media star in a bathtub. His housemate, Fred the raccoon, was in a suitcase in a ...

UC Berkeley researchers modified a one-legged robot, called Salto, to jump from one branch-like perch to another using principles derived from studies of leaping squirrels. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...