Flying insects are capable of flap** their wings to provide the required power and control
forces for flight. A coordinated organizational system including muscles, wings, and control …

Organisms belonging to all life kingdoms may have the natural capacity to fluoresce.
Autofluorescence events depend on the presence of natural biomolecules, namely …

This paper presents the effects of wing kinematics on both normal forward flight and escape
flight of a dragonfly. A Navier–Stokes-based numerical model has been adopted, and results …

The powered flight of animals requires efficient and sustainable contractions of the wing
muscles of various flying species. Despite their high degree of phylogenetic divergence …

Insect migration redistributes enormous quantities of biomass, nutrients and species
globally. A subset of insect migrants perform extreme long-distance journeys, requiring …

For flying insects, stability is essential to maintain the orientation and direction of motion in
flight. Flight instability is caused by a variety of factors, such as intended abrupt flight …

The biological diversity of a region may not be fully sampled due to the low abundance or
rarity of species, or the absence of species determined by their niche specificity …

The global population structure and dispersal patterns of Pantala flavescens (Fabricius,
1798) are evaluated using a geographically extensive mitochondrial DNA dataset, a more …

The forewing and the hindwing of a dragonfly have different geometry that could be an
evolutionary specialization for better aerodynamic performance via sophisticated wing pitch …

Micro-computer tomography imaging is a fast and non-destructive data acquisition
technique which can replace or complement the traditional investigation methodologies …