Through evolution, these salamanders have mastered a unique method ... precisely control their descent using the same techniques skydivers use to parachute to the ground. “If we hadn’t been ...

Some salamanders make incredible skydivers, according to a newly published study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The wandering salamander, or Aneides vagrans ...

Finding the answer involved taking a bunch of salamanders from five different species, and a mini wind tunnel — a shrunken version of the type you might see skydivers practising in.

What happens when you put salamanders in a wind tunnel? They stretch their limbs out like a human skydiver, a position they take in the wild to slow their descent when jumping out of trees.

The behavior confused scientists since salamanders do not have obviously aerodynamic bodies. Scientists have found that by assuming a "skydiving" posture, the lizards can slow a fall by 10% ...

By releasing five salamanders into a vertical wind tunnel, researchers helped to explain how these creatures survive when falling from the world’s tallest trees. Animals use a range of ...

Parabolic-flight data 1 indicate that some reptiles and amphibians floating in microgravity adopt skydiving postures ... and most — including one salamander species — don’t vomit, which ...