The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown researchers have uncovered flight secrets of ...

Electronics - Robotics

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(Phys.org)—Marine scientists working in the Celtic Sea have discovered a natural refuge for the critically endangered flapper skate. Many elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) are highly vulnerable to ov ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 16, 2012 not rated yet 0

A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ago, reveals research published today ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 18, 2009 4.7 / 5 (6) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Manchester scientist has put forward a controversial new way of tackling a typically Darwinian chicken and egg question - the evolution of flapping flight in birds.

Biology - Evolution

Apr 06, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 2