Television
Snake robots researched locally for rescue missions. Cleveland 19 News (WOIO), Aired 5/18/17. URL
Animalades – Terres Humides. RTVE (Spanish Public Broadcasting), December 30, 2015. URL
Interview with Dan Riskin on Brittle Star paper, Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada. May 17, 2012. URL
How Toads Land (with Laura Eckstrom (collaborator) and Dan Riskin (host)), Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada. October 16, 2012. URL
Snake locomotion and exhibit structures. Connect (publication of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums), August 2011.
A sea creature puts its best foot forward. New York Times, Science section, D3. May 14, 2012. URL
Star’s five-legged coordination. Nature 485, 419 (24 May 2012) doi:10.1038/485419d URL
Motivating Your Frogs, Calaveras County Can Help. Inside JEB. 10/16/13. doi: 10.1242/jeb.095968 URL
A Ribbeting Tale. The Scientist, Volume 28 Issue 1, 1/2014. URL
Hop-a-long Strategy. New Scientist, pages 36-39. 5/10/14. URL
Secrets of the Sidewinder. New York Times. 10/9/14. URL
Of Snakes and Robots. Science 10 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6206 pp. 160-161 DOI: 10.1126/science.1259970 URL
Soft Catch Prepares Power for Frog Leaps. 12/17/2014 Inside JEB. 217, 4269-4270. URL
Leaping Cuban tree frogs benefit from rebound boost. 11/5/15. Inside JEB. 218, 3347. URL
UA professor uses movie monsters to teach biology. 10/28/18 (Sunday edition). Akron Beacon Journal, URL
Online
Science leaps forward with Calaveras County frog jump. ScienceNews, August 14th, 2010; Vol.178 #4. URL
Video: Catapulting Frogs. Science Now. November 16, 2011. URL
Frog’s leap, a marvel of muscle mechanics. Reuters.com. November 18, 2011. URL
Frogs’ Amazing Leaps Due to Springy Tendons. NSF.gov November 15, 2011. URL
Frogs’ Amazing Leaps Due to Springy Tendons. Science Daily. November 16, 2011. URL
CreatureCast – Round. CreatureCast. May 14, 2012. URL
Video: Brittle star walks like a man. Science NOW. May 9, 2012. URL
5-armed brittle stars always face front. Scientific American, Observations Blog. May 10, 2012. URL
Sea creatures have 5 arms, but they move like humans. MSNBC Science. May 10, 2012. URL
Brittle star walks like a human, Ophiocoma echinata video shows. Huffington Post Science. May 10, 2012. URL
What makes bullfrogs capable of jumping such huge distances? Io9.com. 10/17/13. URL
Pro Bullfrog Jumpers’ Secrets Revealed. Discovery News. 10/16/13. URL
Of Mark Twain and Hopping Frogs. ScienceNow. 10/16/13. URL
Why Won’t Bullfrogs Jump For Science? Popular Science. 10/16/13. URL
High-flying frog jockeys get a jump on science. The London Times. 10/16/13. URL
Sidewinder robots slither like snakes. Science News, 10/9/14. URL
Rattlesnake repertoire boosts snake-like robot’s skills. Reuters. 10/9/14. URL
Sidewinder snake helps engineers design a better robot. LA Times. 10/9/14. URL
Robot snake learns secrets of sidewinders. BBC News. 10/9/14. URL
Snake Walk: The Physics of Slithering. BBC News. 3/10/16. URL
Henry Astley and His Robotic Sidewinder Snake. 3/3/17. URL
Interview: Dr. Henry Astley, Snake Research. 3/16/18. URL