They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical ...

New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds.

Researchers from Cornell University analyzed bat and bird limb evolution. They discovered bats’ wings and legs evolve ...

Uniquely adapted to a slow-paced, browsing lifestyle, Nothronychus‘ physical form included stocky hindlimbs with four-toed ...

Because legs and wings perform different functions, researchers had previously thought that the origin of flight in vertebrates required forelimbs and hindlimbs to evolve independently ...

Alligators and crocodiles, despite their shared ancestry and similar appearances, possess distinct characteristics. Their ...

These models allowed them to generate simulations that determined how much force the hindlimbs (back legs) could apply on the ground. "The amount of force that a limb can apply to the ground is a ...

New Cornell University research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have ...

They have “stocky and triangular” bodies with wide heads and “pointed” snouts. Their hindlimbs are “long” and “slender” with “robust and muscular” thighs. Their toes have “wi ...

The unique feline dermatological cases veterinary professionals can see at the clinic, plus how to approach them ...