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- Flapping wing aerodynamics: from insects to vertebrates
Summary: By comparing flapping flight across insects and vertebrates, we identify how their morphology and kinematics govern both shared and distinct aerodynamic mechanisms, and highlight open research questions in animal flight.
- The cost of digestion in the fish-eating myotis (Myotis vivesi)
Highlighted article: With a short digestive tract and high metabolic demand, the fish-eating myotis faces confounding digestive challenges. It meets these demands with an unusually energetically intense digestive response.