Tails might look like nature’s afterthought but for many animals, they’re multitasking power tools. Whether it’s balancing, fighting, flirting, or escaping predators, tails do way more than just wag.

DEAR PET TALK: How do cats waggle their tails? Aiden, third grade, Fitchburg DEAR AIDEN: This is a great question, because cats are able to communicate a lot of different signals with their tails. How ...

Seeing photos of cold-stunned iguanas in Miami during a winter cold spell brought back an early memory. I was a seventh-grade intern in the reptile house at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, when I jumped ...

HOLDREGE — Holdrege Public Library will present “Tales from Animals’ Tails” at 1 p.m. Monday in the main reading room.

Getting greeted at the door by a wagging tail is one of the purest pleasures of owning a pooch. No matter how big, small, or fluffy your dog’s tail is, they will move it around, often at great speed!

Sooner or later, everybody who lives with a dog finds himself asking the question "Why does my dog have a tail?" It turns out that there are several good reasons why tails are a useful piece of ...