Applying concepts and methods of bionics to endow autonomous robots with elegant and
agile mobility just like natural living beings is gradually becoming a hot research topic in …

Escape responses are used by many animal species as their main defence against predator
attacks. Escape success is determined by a number of variables; important are the …

Escape behaviors deliver organisms away from imminent catastrophe. Here, we
characterize behavioral responses of freely swimming larval zebrafish to looming visual …

A key feature of reactive behaviors is the ability to spatially localize a salient stimulus and act
accordingly. Such sensory-motor transformations must be particularly fast and well tuned in …

Escape behaviors are, by necessity, fast and robust, making them excellent systems with
which to study the neural basis of behavior. This is especially true in insects, which have …

Warning coloration are common defense strategies used by animals to deter predators.
Pestilential gregarious locusts exhibit a notable black-brown pattern as a form of warning …

It has long been established that fleas jump by storing and releasing energy in a cuticular
spring, but it is not known how forces from that spring are transmitted to the ground. One …

Visually guided collision avoidance is critical for the survival of many animals. The execution
of successful collision-avoidance behaviors requires accurate processing of approaching …

Escape trajectories (ETs; measured as the angle relative to the direction of the threat) have
been studied in many taxa using a variety of methodologies and definitions. Here, we …

Jumping is a locomotion strategy widely evolved in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In
addition to terrestrial animals, several aquatic animals are also able to jump in their specific …