Researchers offer new insight into the evolution of the suction ability of remora fishes, showcasing a bioinspired suction disk that mimics, and can exceed, the fish's uncanny powers of adhesion.

The remora is a fascinating fish, not least because of a strong suction cup-like structure on the back of its head, allowing it to latch onto larger animals for protection and transport. Now ...

There is always a colleague from the company next door who hitches a ride during my commute. He brings along cheap sandwiches to share for breakfast. Nature also has its own annoying free riders, such ...

When the host creature feeds, the remora temporarily detaches itself from them to gobble up the waterborne scraps. Like the remora's natural disc, the drone's synthetic version isn't just one big ...

It’s easy to ignore a remora, the little torpedo of a fish that hitchhikes on sharks, whales, and turtles. But this diminutive creature is full of secrets, not least of which may be the inspiration ...

Remora fishes are famed hitchhikers of the marine world, possessing high-powered suction disks on the back of their head for attaching themselves in torpedo-like fashion to larger hosts that can ...