The long-tailed widowbird is considered a long-tailed animal because of its long tail in proportion to its body size ...

It is the central feathers in the tail that are very long, which gives the bird an elegant silhouette as it flies. The ...

They cover their long tails with smelly secretions and wave them in the air to determine which animal is more powerful. Ring-tailed lemurs live in groups known as troops. These groups may include ...

The striking scissor-tailed flycatcher is our only regular “long-tailed kingbird.” It is not only graceful and beautiful, but also common and easy to observe. Monotypic. Length 10–14.8".

A new species of mouse with a remarkably long tail, dubbed Otavalo’s Andean mouse, has been discovered near a dormant volcano in Ecuador. Named in honor of the local Otavalo culture, the mouse ...

and long tails. The later pterodactyloids had the opposite–large heads on long necks, a long wrist, short fifth toe and short tail. Which parts of their body changed and when remained a mystery.

In the mountains north of Quito, Ecuador, a small new species is followed by a “very long tail,” researchers said. Florian Delée via Unsplash High in the Andes of northern Ecuador, cities sit ...