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 ...

If a cat corners a gecko, the little reptile has one last trick. It twitches its tail, snaps it off, and sprints away while the still-wiggling tail distracts the hunter. Scientists call this move ...

Some lizards possess one of the most extraordinary survival abilities in the animal kingdom — the power to intentionally detach their own tail and later regrow it. After escaping a predator, ...

Most people know that lizards can drop their tails. Fewer people know what actually happens after that or how far the biology goes. The tail keeps twitching on the ground, distracting the predator.

It's not really news that lizards can regrow tails -- but what is big news is for the first time in 250 million years, a lizard regrew a "perfect" tail with the help of stem cells, and USC researchers ...

Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...

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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In May ...

Research into abnormal regeneration events in lizards has led to the first published scientific review on the prevalence of lizards that have re-generated not just one, but two, or even up to six, ...

Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the ...