Most of the flight muscles controlling the wing beat are attached to the shoulder blades, unlike birds, whose muscles are braced against the rib cage. Birds usually have a prominent breast keel where ...

Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it better. Many bat species have the ability to ...

This cross section through the flight muscles of a dancer damselfly shows in blue the muscle fibers that the fly uses to flap its wings. You can also see the nerve that stimulates these muscles in red ...

When it comes to understanding animal flight, using robots is often simpler than live ... “How do (bats) perceive the environment? How does the bat know whether the muscle is relaxed or contracted?” ...