CHICAGO­ —Webbed underarms can turn a sluggish robotic octopus into a speed demon. A squishy membrane connecting the machine’s eight arms helps the bot scoot through water nearly twice as fast as ...

Webbed feet enable these animals to swim, walk, and climb more efficiently. For example, webbed feet help quickly propel an animal through water to evade predators, or aid in hunting food, giving ...

Webbed feet and hands, of course, are a common trait of swimming animals from frogs to whales. In human swimmers, the invisible web of water allows them not to propel themselves faster, but to better ...

When you think of great swimmers, animals like dolphins, fish, or penguins probably come to mind. But the animal kingdom is full of surprises, and many creatures you’d never expect to navigate well ...

But, like roughly one in every 2500 people - including this author, and celebrities like Conan O’Brien, Ashton Kutcher and Dan Aykroyd - some of Mailata’s lower digits are fused together with extra ...