The coyote is a North American wild canine that has a striking resemblance to the wolf. Due to interbreeding, many modern-day ...

Diplodocids were a family of dinosaurs with long necks and, often, even longer tails — some species’ tails reached 50 feet in length. They were wide-ranging, but especially flourished in what ...

But as an example, leopard whiptail rays (Himantura leoparda) can grow up to 4 feet (1.2 m) wide and 13 feet (4 m) long, including their tails, according to the Seattle Aquarium.

To understand this anatomical feature, Dr. Chaumel and her colleague George Lauder took a closer look at the tails of cownose rays, a type of stout stingray with a double-lobed snout.