Talus, in architecture, the slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top, to resist the pressure of the earth behind it.

Talus (which is Latin for ankle-bone) may refer to:

A talus is a bronze, tracked, guard robot in the Gene Wolfe tetralogy The Book of the Long Sun, more details are under Talos

Scree, small broken rock found on mountain slopes and at the base of cliffs

The talus bone, a bone connecting the leg to the foot

Talus is an electronic design automation tool by Magma Design Automation

The extinct genus Talus (trilobite), from the Acastidae family.

Talos IV, a planet in the Star Trek universe, seen in the episode The Menagerie

Talus was a rock band of which Glenn Danzig was a member, prior to starting The Misfits