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

Architecture

• 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.

Outdoors

• Talus Outdoor Tech, is an outdoor product design and manufacturing company located in Missoula, Montana. Their signature product is the ColdAvenger mask.

Science

• The talus bone, a bone connecting the leg to the foot
• The extinct genus Talus (trilobite), from the Acastidae family.
• Scree, small broken rock piles found on mountain slopes and at the base of cliffs

Mythology

• Talos, a rock-throwing giant made of bronze in Greek mythology.

Science fiction

• Talos IV, a planet in the Star Trek universe, seen in the episode The Menagerie
• Talus, a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe
• The Tallus, a device employed in the Marvel comic book Exiles
• Talus is an electronic design automation tool by Magma Design Automation
• A talus is a bronze, tracked, guard robot in the Gene Wolfe tetralogy The Book of the Long Sun, more details are under Talos

Music

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

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