We present a study of the aeromechanics of highly compliant structures in the context of animal flight, with special attention paid to bat flight. Bats …
The mammalian forelimb is primarily used for locomotion. In bats, the arm, forearm, and hand anatomy are adapted to support flight by forming a wing, …
Pseudogymnoascus destructans is the invasive fungal pathogen responsible for White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), a devastating disease affecting North American bats. WNS has led to the loss …
Data files for the manuscript, "Wings as inertial appendages: how bats recover from aerial stumbles" - Primary files: --> HumElevAmplitude_Analysis.R --> KinematicsMeans_Analysis.R These two files …
Echolocating bats emit trains of intense ultrasonic biosonar pulses and listen to weaker echoes returning from objects in their envioronment. Identification and categoratization of echoes …
Cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus data for Microsecond-level precision of coding for echo delay in the auditory brainstem of an FM-echolocating bat
Data characterizing bats emitting frequency-modulated (FM) echolocation pulses while drinking from a swimming pool in urban northeast India. At least two different bat species were …
Are bats really blind? Not exactly. Besides their eyes, bats use a special process called echolocation to navigate their environment. Watch this video to find …
Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) echolocate by emitting frequency-modulated (FM) sweeps, which reflect, or glint, off of target insects, the primary component of their diet. …
It is widely assumed that differences in wing morphology among bat species are reflected by interspecific differences in flight performance, and consequently, in the way …
Unlike birds and insects, bats fly using compliant and slender membrane wings. Membrane wings offer negligible bending stiffness, and thus when they experience aerodynamic load, …
In many flying bats there is a unique anatomical structure present in the foot that is thought to facilitate bats' roosting behavior of hanging upside …
The environments in which animals live are complex and disruptive. These qualities contrast with the steady, smooth, and stereotyped movements that comprise foundational studies in …
Echolocating bats form an acoustic image of their world derived from echoes of their emitted sounds. In their natural environment, bats must avoid interfering clutter …
Flying organisms are capable of a wide variety of flight behaviors, including flying at a range of speeds, maneuvering to catch prey, carrying weight, hovering, …
Bats are extremely agile flyers and their agility is made possible by both sensory and musculoskeletal adaptations, including echolocation, their muscle-actuated, many-jointed wings, and the …
The plagiopatagiales proprii are an array of muscles hypothesized to modulate stiffness of the armwing membrane and prevent excessive billowing during flight in bats. Electromyographic …
Abstract of Thermal Sensitivity of Bat Wing Muscles, by Andrea Rummel, Ph.D., Brown University, October 2021 Temperature has a pervasive, unavoidable effect on biological systems, …