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Cover: This special issue discusses the biomechanics of swimming and flight, ranging from the flow patterns of larval fish (bottom image; see article by Müller et al., pp. 196−205) and the aerodynamics of insect flight (top image; see article by Aono et al., pp. 239−257) to the kinematics of fish fins and the performance of flapping bird wings. With sections dedicated to motor systems and general fluid dynamic approaches, we offer a snapshot of the current state of fluid locomotion research. Images courtesy of Hao Liu and Ulrike Müller.Close Modal - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
Applications open for Workshop on vertebrate gut physiology
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Applications are now open for Inside Out: New Frontiers in the Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Gut, a Workshop organised by Carol Bucking and Chris M. Wood that will examine the function of the vertebrate gastro-intestinal tract. Funded places are available for early-career researchers.
In the field: an interview with Marie Dacke
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Professor Marie Dacke talks about her earliest experiences of working with dung beetles in South Africa, establishing a new field site in Sardinia, Italy, and the pivotal experiments that confirmed that dung beetles can navigate by star light.
Waterproofing prevents antlion jaws from getting clogged
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Self-cleaning waterproof coating prevents ambushing antlion mouthparts from getting clogged with sand.
Finding the right thermal limit
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In this Review, Michael Ørsted, Lisa Bjerregaard Jørgensen and Johannes Overgaard present a framework to reconcile methodological measurements and mechanisms related to the physiology of heat stress tolerance limits, thermal injury and repair in ectotherms.
