On this week’s Wild Wednesday, Great Plains Zoo Educational Director, Leigh Spencer, joined Dakota News Now to talk about the ...

Its movements through the tree canopy seemed effortless, partly due to its tail. A tail that functions in this way is called prehensile. In this sense, prehensile means, “capable of grasping.” ...

This is the tail of a veiled chameleon; it’s a prehensile tail, meaning it’s able to grasp and hold onto objects. In the wild, these lizards live most of their lives in the trees and use their tails ...