An curved arrow pointing right. Meet SoFi, the little robotic fish that could help change the way we study the ocean. Created by researchers at MIT, SoFi is capable of swimming alongside real fish ...

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A Chinese aquarium that had been shut for five years while renovation work took place finally reopened to October 1 and it ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Sepios is a highly maneuverable robot that can swim underwater. Its undulating fins mimic that of a cuttlefish, allowing the robot to blend into its underwater ...

Take a dozen or so fish hooks, progressively embed them in plastic with a 3D printer and attach them to the feet of your hexapod and you’ve got a giant cockroach! A team of researchers at ...

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Israeli scientists have developed a solar-powered underwater robot called SOUND that can roam autonomously for five days at a stretch, counting fish and communicating its findings back to ...

An aquarium in southern China is on the radar for displaying a robotic whale shark instead of a live one. It has sparked a heated debate around the well-being of animals and consumer rights.

Robots integrated into groups of zebrafish and of one-day-old honey bees allow the two species to influence each other’s behavior. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as ...