Wandering salamanders control blood flow in their toes to improve grip and detachment, a finding that may inspire new ...

A new study suggests that a tree-dwelling salamander may be able to control its grip on trees' bark by pumping blood in and out of the tips of its toes. This rather crafty strategy could one day be ...

"Understanding salamander toes could lead to similar breakthroughs in attachment technologies." Salamanders of the Aneides genus have long puzzled scientists with their square-shaped toe tips and ...

open image in gallery The hindfoot of a wandering salamander is seen just before it takes a step forward. Scientists say its blood-powered toes help ... allows the long-legged wandering ...

Still frame image showing the hindfoot of a live Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans) from a ventral perspective just before the salamander takes a step forward. This image shows the large ...

"Understanding salamander toes could lead to similar breakthroughs in attachment technologies." Salamanders of the Aneides genus have long puzzled scientists with their square-shaped toe tips and ...

Blood-powered toes give salamanders an arboreal edge. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250129115356.htm ...

Regulating blood flow, the authors said, allows the long-legged wandering salamanders to adjust pressure asymmetrically. Blood rushing in before the “toe off” helps them to detach. And, by inflating ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by the square-shaped toe tips of ... similar to tiny water balloons that can fill up or deflate quickly. By studying preserved salamander toes under powerful ...

By Liz Kimbrough Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish that was ...

A monsoon surge forecast to move through Indonesia and into northern Australian waters late this week may see five tropical lows form off the WA, Northern Territory and Qld coastlines. Find out ...