In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move on.

A nurse in Wisconsin who amputated the foot of her patient without his permission — and wanted to display it in her family’s taxidermy shop — pleaded no contest to abusing a patient and will not face ...

Some ants farm. Some farm fungi for their food. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to perform a lifesaving limb amputation. Not only ...

Roboticists at The Faboratory at Yale University have developed a way for soft robots to replicate some of the more unsettling things that animals and insects can accomplish — say, a reptile ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHP/WKRC) - A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday on multiple felony charges related to animal abuse after allegedly amputating his dog's leg with scissors. ** Warning: Images may be ...