...Hannah L. Stewart; Kevin H. Britton-Simmons SUMMARY This work was motivated by subtidal observations of red urchins ( Strongylocentrotus franciscanus ) moving their spines into streamlined positions as water current increased in the field. Trials in a flume across flow speeds from 0 to 65 cm s –1...

...Tien Luu; Allen Cheung; David Ball; Mandyam V. Srinivasan SUMMARY Animals that move rapidly through the air can save considerable energy by reducing the drag that they need to overcome during flight. We describe a novel ‘streamlining’ response in tethered, flying honeybees in which the abdomen...

... appendages streamlining Crayfish can escape from dangerous situations by swimming away rapidly using repeated tailflips. The general form of this behaviour has been described well and much of the neural circuitry responsible for the initiation and generation of tailflips in escape swimming is now...