“I shouted, and my heartbeat elevated,” he says. He knew he had found another bat-winged dinosaur. Hold your arm out to the side, palm facing forward. Imagine a bony rod extending downward ...

For Bat Week this year ... (Stephen Greif) Right: Spix’s disk-winged bats sleep with their heads facing up — unlike most bats — inside curled leaves. (Alan Wolf) Bats’ ability to fly ...

That bat-winged gliding turned out to be a dead end along the path to the evolution of flight, researchers say. “They are a failed experiment,” says Alexander Dececchi, a paleontologist at ...

FILE PHOTO: A Jurassic Period dinosaur Ambopteryx longibrachium, which flew with bat-like membranous wings, is shown in this image of a 3-D reconstruction, released from Institute of Vertebrate ...

So far, bat biologist Thomas Kunz of Boston University ... Nonflight tasks might have had their own influences on wing evolution, Kunz said, calling the unusual listing project a first step ...

A team of scientists has just built the first robot that looks and flies like a bat. They named it, of course, Bat Bot. Bat Bot is nothing short of an engineering marvel. It weighs in at only 3.3 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Greater Sac-winged bat, known for clinging to the sides of ...