IN DAYS of old, knights protected themselves in armour made up of tough, interlocking “scales”. This idea might one day be revisited, with future soldiers decked out in scales inspired by the almost ...

The sturdy armor of the dragon fish (Polypterus senegalus) has kept this tough, ancient species going for 96 million years – since the Cretaceous! Each scale that covers its long body has multiple ...

Fish scales are serving as the inspiration for a new type of body armour funded by the U.S. Army. American and Israeli researchers have produced prototypes of the armour, which mimics the overlapping ...