Most of the flight muscles controlling the wing beat are attached to the shoulder blades, unlike birds, whose muscles are braced against the rib cage. Birds usually have a prominent breast keel where ...

When bats aren't flying, they often dangle from cave ceilings or the undersides of bridges. But why do bats sleep upside down ...

The two professors have collaborated on research involving the flight of bats using Brown’s Animal Flight and Aeromechanics ...

The process starts with a twitch of the ears, but soon accelerates to a furious vibration, as the bats warm their flight muscles to operating temperature. When everything is ready, the bats push ...

Humans' are developed for walking or running, which obviously bats don’t do. Their bodies are built for flight,” she said.