Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's 4-legged 'cheetah-cub robot' has the same advantages as its model: It is small, light and fast.

Electronics - Robotics

Jun 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (18) 4 |

Everyone knows cheetahs are blazingly fast. Now new research illustrates how their acceleration and nimble zigzagging leave other animals in the dust and scientists in awe.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 12, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have used stop-motion technology to capture gait primitives of real animals—the data captured was then used to allow a small quadruped ...

Electronics - Robotics

May 01, 2013 3.9 / 5 (8) 3 |

The first peregrine falcons to be born in Paris since the end of the 19th century have hatched at the top of a giant heating tower close to the Eiffel Tower, it was announced on Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, survived mass extinction during the last ice age 10,000 years ago.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

The Wildlife Conservation Society, Zoological Society of London, and Endangered Wildlife Trust have joined representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 08, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

A 70-pound "cheetah" robot designed by MIT researchers may soon outpace its animal counterparts in running efficiency: In treadmill tests, the researchers have found that the robot—about the size and weight ...

Electronics - Robotics

Mar 08, 2013 4.7 / 5 (12) 8 |

(Phys.org)—Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet's temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Feral cats in Northern California have enabled researchers to unlock the biological secret behind a rare, striped cheetah found only in sub-Saharan Africa, according to researchers at the Stanford University ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—DARPA's Cheetah robot—already the fastest legged robot in history—just broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour (mph). In the process, Cheetah also surpassed another very fast ...

Electronics - Robotics

Sep 06, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Even Usain Bolt, currently the fastest man in the world, couldn't outpace greyhounds, cheetahs, or the pronghorn antelope, finds a light-hearted comparison of the extraordinary athleticism of humans and animals in the Veterinary Re ...

Biology - Other

Jul 27, 2012 2.8 / 5 (6) 18 |

Cheetahs are the high-performance sports cars of the animal kingdom, but how do they outstrip other elite athletes when using the same sprint technique? Penny Hudson, Sandra Corr and Alan Wilson from the Royal Veterinary ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

India's Supreme Court has halted a plan to re-introduce cheetahs to the country by shipping animals over from Africa after experts said the idea was "totally misconceived".

Biology - Ecology

May 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 02, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 2 |

New research in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology shows why bigger isn't always better when it comes to sprinting speed.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |