Oscar, a three-year old British cat, has joined the rarefied ranks of bionic animals. After a horrifying accident chopped off his hind legs, Oscar has gotten a second lease on life through two bionic ...

Humans are no longer the only ones to benefit from medical prosthetics. The development of the technology over the years has allowed scientists to use prosthetics to help amputated animals regain lost ...

Animals that have met with misfortune, whether from a birth defect, accident, disease or even human cruelty, are now getting a second chance at life due to human intervention and technological ...

Utilizing neuroscience, gene therapy, and optogenetics, a pair of researchers from Cornell University have created a bionic prosthetic eye that can restore almost-normal vision to animals blinded by ...

So, you probably already know that we have a soft spot for animals, particularly Adorable Animals in Trouble who manage to overcome difficulties that would lay your typical human low for the rest of ...

Virginia Currents finds out how prosthetic devices can help animals. Virginia Currents finds out how Derrick Campana makes prosthetic devices for animals to help them get back on their feet.

Ants are nature's very own army: goal-driven, indefatigable and capable of great victories in the face of adversity. Now, a German engineering company is looking to harness the power of these insects ...

On April 9 at 8PM a most moving and inspiring PBS/Nature documentary called "My Bionic Pet" will air (a short trailer can be seen here and a description of the film can be seen here). I've watched a ...

Lifelike robots are kind of a gamble. When they’re human-shaped, they’re perpetually at risk of turning out weird. Sometimes they include things called “frubber.” Sometimes they’re a little creepy, ...

A new menagerie of animal-inspired robotics has been unveiled by the researchers at Festo. One flies like a butterfly, another works in groups like ants and the third grips objects like a chameleon's ...