Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several lizard species can rapidly shed their tails to distract and escape from pursuing predators, a trait called autotomy (AFP ...

Lizards possess a remarkable survival strategy where their tails detach and continue to wriggle, distracting predators and allowing the lizard to escape. This ability, controlled by nerves within the ...

March 6 (UPI) --The ability to detach a limb is an escape strategy deployed by a number of modern species, but new research suggests the reptile Captorhinus was the first to use the trick. The small, ...

Imagine you are running away from someone. They grab your hand to stop you. You wriggle and your hand pops off, allowing you to run away. That would be pretty weird, but there are animals – like ...