Undulatory flexible bodies can harvest energy from fluid flow under certain motion
parameters. In order to reveal how schooling patterns affect the energy absorption efficiency …

Anthropogenic noise in the oceans is disturbing marine life. Among other groups, pelagic
fish are likely to be affected by sound from human activities, but so far have received …

Collectively moving animals often display a high degree of synchronization and cohesive
group-level formations, such as elongated schools of fish. These global patterns emerge as …

Collective motion of organisms is a widespread phenomenon exhibited by many species,
most commonly associated with colonial birds and schools of fish. The benefits of schooling …

Collectively locomoting animals are often viewed as analogous to states of matter in that
group-level phenomena emerge from individual-level interactions. Applying this framework …

After billions of years of natural selection, flying animals with flapping wings have superior
flight and mobility capabilities. The aerodynamic characteristics and the propulsion …

One hypothesis about the origins and evolution of coordinated animal movements is that
they may serve as a defensive mechanism against predation. Earlier studies of the possible …

Many animals in nature travel in groups either for protection, survival, or endurance. Among
these, certain species do so under the burden of aero/hydrodynamic loads, which incites …

Fish in nature are believed to favor their swimming performance by swimming in a school.
We investigated numerically the thrust and power consumption of a school of fish with an …

The role of the hydrodynamic effect in the collective locomotion of several birds or fish is an
interesting topic. Taking a model of a self-propelled flapping plate, we numerically …