Wing morphology has a direct influence on the flight manoeuvrability, agility, and speed of
bats. Studies addressing the relationship between bat wing morphology and ecology are …

Ornithopters are bird‐like flapping‐wing robots. Only small ornithopters can hover, with long
endurance at hummingbird size. Could larger ornithopters be improved further to hover …

External length is one of the most conspicuous aspects of mammalian tail morphological
diversity. Factors that influence the evolution of tail length diversity have been proposed for …

New World bats are involved in key ecological processes and are good indicators of
environmental changes. Recently, trait-based approaches have been used in several taxa to …

Background During the land‐to‐sea transition of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and
porpoises), the hindlimbs were lost and replaced by an elaborate tail fluke that evolved 32 …

Given the likelihood of regional extirpation of several once-common bat species in eastern
North America from white-nose syndrome, it is critical that the impacts of forest management …

This book offers a new explanation for the development of flight in mammals and offers
detailed morphological descriptions of mammals with flapping flight. The skeletomuscular …

Unlike the tail of a bird, regarded as a separately controlled aerodynamic surface, the
membrane tail of a bat is operated as a dynamic trailing-edge flap. We investigate the effects …

Under the assumption that wing shape predicts bat species flight performance, I analyzed
wing shape data of phylostomid bats from Rio Doce State Park (PERD), located in the …

We used videography to investigate direct lateral maneuvers, ie 'sideslips', of the hawkmoth
Manduca sexta. M. sexta sideslip by rolling their entire body and wings to reorient their net …