Browsing Tag
Biomechanics
9 posts
Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion
Hampé, A. Le développement du péroné dans les experiences sur la régulation des déficiences et des excédents dans…
Passive wing deployment and retraction in beetles and flapping microrobots
Tobalske, B. W. Biomechanics of bird flight. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 3135–3146 (2007). Article PubMed Google Scholar Chin,…
Air sacs reduce energy costs for soaring birds
Nature, Published online: 12 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01508-4 Certain air sacs have evolved in multiple lineages of soaring birds,…
The respiratory system influences flight mechanics in soaring birds
Duncker, H. R. The lung air sac system of birds. A contribution to the functional anatomy of the…
I make 3D models of conifer needles to explore their climate effects
“The better researchers understand what happens to sunlight when it hits Earth, the better they can estimate its…
Machine learning reveals the control mechanics of an insect wing hinge
Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M. S. Evolution of the Insects (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005). Deora, T., Gundiah, N.…
An exploration of how the insect-wing hinge functions
Nature, Published online: 17 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00912-0 The hinge enables insects to control their wing movements, but how…
The 50th anniversary of a key paper on how bird flight evolved
Nature, Published online: 19 March 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-00746-w For a century, scientists pondered whether bird flight evolved by animals…
Evolutionary novelties underlie sound production in baleen whales
Clark, C. W. & Garland, E. C. (eds) Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Mysticetes (Springer, 2022). Reidenberg, J.…