The content discusses the anatomy and flight mechanics of three main groups of flying animals: insects, birds, and bats. Flying insects, such as flies, butterflies, and dragonflies, have thin, ...

Skoltech and MSU scientists have uncovered the advantage gained by microscopic bugs from their featherlike wings that are unlike those of dragonflies, bees, mosquitoes and other familiar insects. A ...

Scientists have created a drone with flapping wings that can fold in and rebound following a mid-air collision. By copying the wing anatomy of birds and bats, the researchers designed a mechanism to ...

Michael Habib has worked on a prototype folding wing system based on pterosaur flight through a Nasa-funded university project. David Hone and Liz Martin-Silverstone do not work for, consult, own ...

In a demonstration, the flexible wings tuck in and rebound when they are hit with a stick mid-air Scientists have created a drone with flapping wings that can fold in and rebound following a mid-air ...