For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

We all know that bats are masters of the night, with their high-pitched calls and whisper-quiet wings, weaving through tangled trees and swooping in on insects in total darkness. But exactly how they ...

From dragonflies to hummingbirds, hovering flight is among the most complex and captivating forms of animal movement—a physiological feat of size, musculature and wing development. For nectar-feeding ...

Bats are not only masters of aerodynamic flight — they’re skillful at multitasking while flying, too. By Rachel Nuwer Some humans like to think of themselves as good multitaskers, but bats may do it ...