New research is revealing details about how the exoskeleton of a certain type of deep-sea shrimp allows the animal to survive scalding hot waters in hydrothermal vents thousands of feet under water.

Why don’t WE have our skeletons on the outside? This is the story of bones! Having bones is pretty cool. They make our blood, let us hear, and keep us from being just a squishy puddle on the floor.

The diabolical ironclad beetle is so tough that engineers are hoping to copy features of its exoskeleton to design stronger and more robust structures. “You can run these things over with a car and ...

Students study different types of arthropods and design 3D printed body armor for stuffed animals based on exoskeletons. Students will present the 3D product with a tri-fold at the student art show.

The research highlights shrimp shells as eco-friendly actuators in robotics, merging biological materials with synthetic ...

A French man paralysed in a night club accident can walk again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton in what scientists said Wednesday was a breakthrough providing hope to tetraplegics seeking to ...