A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...

Top photo: A free-ranging squirrel leaps from one branch to a branch instrumented to measure force. (Image credit: Sebastian Lee). Bottom photo: A one-legged robot, called Salto, was modified to jump ...

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 ...

Photos of squirrels on the ground with a front leg raised and a back leg extended resemble the landing pose of your friendly neighborhood superhero, leading to false claims. Alas, rather than showing ...